Family Matters: The Society Book 4

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e pages she held in her hands. Her nose twitched as she tried to ignore her arm. "Scratc

he council itself was disbanded as the Seers, Vampires and Fae pulled their support, the building continued to function as part of The Society's government. Each flo

ization bent on destroying all of the hidden clans, into the archives. While the damage was contained, the archives only losing two golems

arm. Her long sleeved shirt hid the shiny and still tender patch of healing skin. She found the wound easier to ig

herhood, when this attack occurred. Having a large rampaging golem throw him across a lobby filled with broken tile not only added to his injurie

like Shifters, didn't heal any faster than regular non-magical humans, when injured their magic occasionally bubbled to the surface in unsuspected ways as pain and medicati

r reasons Ivy was not privy too, his stay was extended. Ivy wondered if it was because his injuries d

tack in the archives consisted of two separate incidents. The first was just her and Albert, where they were both shot. Ivy managed to get Albert up to

al level, where a second attack occurred. The doctor was once again called to deal wi

ke longer to heal, " Russe

towards the itch on her healing arm when her thoughts became distract

. "Shifters heal so fast you ca

the gist, " he told her. "Have you re

t am still itchy and annoyed." She smiled at her husband Russell as he stood leaning in the doorway. H

her hand away from her arm despite the itch

as Bugsy pushed his way in, shoving Ivy's papers aside. She kept them from sliding off the coffee table with one hand while using the other to rub his head an

Russell told her. "But they were

variety and despite the fact that dogs in general didn't like wolves, Bugsy adopted Russell and his ent

ussell admitted. "Then we ran

f dealing with the Brotherhood in the archives, Russell and his pack were trying to determine leadership. Russell's Uncle John

ages. She also knew that while she was gone, Russell was made packmaster of the Isliton Pack. Thus far Si

s now their leader, Hackett was the Shifter representative on the Shadow Council prior to its disbanding. She knew Hackett was a

o you, " Russell said as he s

he asked loo

g crowd. While the sportsmen went off to hunt and fish, those they brought with them could luxuriate in the pool and spa. Or at least that was the plan. The man who dream

e and Russell used. Ivy spent more time thinking about the shared spaces than the private ones once the bedroom was set up. Here mismatched furniture was mostly shoved against the w

Ivy taped up to aid her in her current task. On it was sketched a family tree. As she pulled names from the files, she added them to the page, tryi

planning to meet with you in the kitchen. That way he

h metabolism or some other genetic quirk she didn't know about, since marrying Russell and spending increasing amount of time around the Sh

n was good about the sweet seeking shifters, if they spent too m

irst, " Russell told her. "I told

ean I am being let int

ed about bringing Seers int

ouldn't that be m

"I'd only be concerned if they cause trouble. And then I'd come talk to you about

tea leaves a quaint little quirk. Ivy always kept some of Irina's favorite tea in the cupboard for her visits. It was then that Ivy found out that Irina was raised as a Seer and was once married to a Shifter who was a wolf. The revel

told him. "Even if you did sing off key. Although, I'm no

ing of Irina and her teas, wh

, probably no earlier th

banded, the laws reverted to the old ways. Ivy was reading through the regulations and still trying to get a handle on the changes, but knew prior to the council, mage houses could take Seers under their protection. As a former Seer, now officially cl

and the guest rooms are ready

call was about?" Russell as

aid. "That

t was practically a law unto himself. In return for some unspoken services to the Shadow Council, he was pretty much free to do whatever he

they were holding as tightly as they could. Outside of the immediate family, only Hackett and Jerome knew of the re

ack the knee-jerk reaction to Albert.

d I think it is beginning to wear on him." After their adventure in the archives, Ivy was growing more comfortable with Alber

l you he is grump

e called to tell me Hamilton is g

dical f

confirmed

pected. How long before h

his office, " Ivy said. "Even if he doesn't get back to work immed

g her orders without complaint since so many things needed to be done. Ivy tried to put everything to rights and leave the office looking as it normally did, all bloodstains and bandages removed from the premis

les about taking files out of

any family member she could name. While the files were helping her fill in the missing spaces on the branches, they were

the files though, as long as he

er concern. There was no way she could legitimately justify having a copy of Hamilton's mater key which could

won't find out

"Does he think you moved his furniture a

is as it should be before he takes his doctor's adv

s back in his office, no one will be able

l phone, pressed a button and checked the time

by the time we are finished Hackett will be ready to talk to you. B

l time plans, he wouldn't snap

better, " Russell sa

r back pocket. "That's becau

He lifted an eyebrow

And I'm rubbing my arm above the injury. My muscles get

oved towards the door. "Maybe we can take some time and soak

pool and its related activities, since her injury she had been using the hot tub much more often. She got off lightly as far as injuries, but it caus

sell said. "