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    Floating Alone
    Floating Alone
    Floating Alone
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    Floating Alone

    By Zenina Masters

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    Marina Wake has spent her life trying to heal manatees. Her small recovery centre works to patch up the beasts damaged by human machines. The problem is facilities need money.

    Irdan wants to meet the woman that the seers and her father have told him about. When he gets her agreement to the Crossroads, they rush into the balancing and have to deal with the aftermath.

    Marina trades herself for financing the rescue centre for a decade, and when she has been balanced with Irdan, her evolution into a partial fey takes a weird turn that neither of them expected.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereXtasy Books Inc
    Release dateAug 12, 2016
    ISBN9781487408039
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      Floating Alone - Zenina Masters

      Marina has a bizarre bloodline and a mission to save her mother’s people. Irdan wants his mate and is willing to get wet.

      Marina Wake has spent her life trying to heal manatees. Her small recovery centre works to patch up the beasts damaged by human machines. The problem is facilities need money.

      Irdan wants to meet the woman that the seers and her father have told him about. When he gets her agreement to the Crossroads, they rush into the balancing and have to deal with the aftermath.

      Marina trades herself for financing the rescue centre for a decade, and when she has been balanced with Irdan, her evolution into a partial fey takes a weird turn that neither of them expected.

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      Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Floating Alone

      Copyright © 2016 Zenina Masters

      ISBN: 978-1-4874-0803-9

      Cover art by Carmen Waters

      All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher.

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      Devine Destinies, an imprint of eXtasy Books Inc

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      Floating Alone

      Shifting Crossroads Book 39

      By

      Zenina Masters

      Chapter One

      Marina watched the huge animals slowly rolling in the shade of the hospital tanks. Morning, ladies. How are you doing today?

      Her mind was assailed with the minor discomforts of pregnancy mixed with the confinement of the tank.

      She smiled and sent calming and loving emotion through the link. We want you safe, and we are making a new zone that you can flourish in. We want it safe for you and your babies.

      Marina crouched next to the tank and held out a handful of seagrasses. They were the large female’s favourite.

      The huge bulk of the largest manatee cruised toward her, and Marina fed her as she examined the scars from a propeller on her back and across her belly. They were healing well, but she still wanted to get a hold of that pilot and tear him in two.

      Can you remember anything about the boat, dearest? She continued to speak in low tones.

      An image suddenly came to her, brought by the proximity. Red speedboat, call numbers that Marina committed to memory and a laugh that she put in the same mental file.

      Thank you, mother. I will make sure that he doesn’t hurt you or your little one again. She ran her hand along the grey hide, and the mother lipped at her wrist.

      Dr. Wake?

      Marina turned her head and moved her hand out of the way before the huge creature could pull her in. Their whimsy sometimes lacked timing.

      Yes, Toby. What can I do for you?

      The new investors are here, and you promised to take them for a tour.

      She grimaced. Is it that time already?

      Yes. I saw them coming in. Are you really pitching to some fey?

      Marina smiled. They have tons of money and are willing to put it into the upkeep of nature. Yeah, I am pitching to them.

      It doesn’t hurt that his parent is the local senator.

      That is also a factor. How do I look? She brushed at her shorts and tank top.

      Wet. They will be stunned. Go get ’em.

      Marina snorted and headed for the education centre, the small building in the middle of the property.

      The sleek cars outside of the education centre were definitely a sign of things to come. Well, Marina hoped they were. She could use an infusion of cash to the rescue in the worst way.

      Wary of the dampness on her shirt, she fluffed it out so that the slouching folds of the jersey obscured the outline of her nipples. Just to be on the safe side, she let her hair out of its ponytail and let it relax over her shoulders and down her breasts.

      She took a deep breath, pasted a smile on her face and opened the door to the education centre, holding that smile in place by force when she saw that her father had made an appearance.

      Ah, Herman. You are here.

      He turned to her, and his peculiarly good looks struck her as they always did. "Marina, I was just telling

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