“As I’ve pointed out four times now, this entire incident has been recorded by security cameras. The footage will show that Ms. Etterson and I were attacked without provocation and we defended ourselves as is our right under Article 3 paragraph 1 through 4 of the House Protection Act.”
“Is that so?” Sgt. Munoz’s eyebrows crept up a quarter of an inch.
“You have no cause to detain either me or Runa Etterson. We have cooperated, and we have given our statements.”
“Ms. Baylor.” He frowned. “You wouldn’t happen to have an older sister, would you?”
That was just too much. “When Nevada encountered you, she was under a great deal of stress trying to keep us alive and save Houston. She didn’t have a chance to note that every time there was an incident requiring a law enforcement response, you mysteriously appeared on the scene. But I did.”
He watched me, impassive. I kept going.
“You are attached to the House Response Unit of Houston PD, tasked specifically with handling incidents involving Houses. Every member of this unit is assigned a number of families, in which he becomes expert. So, you know perfectly well that I have an older sister and that she is currently out of the country. You know the names of every person in our family, their birth dates, and their magic. You probably know the exact nature of my powers, despite the fact that my records are sealed. You are here because my last name popped up in your system. So please don’t insult my intelligence.”
Wow. Straight to the point. She hits like a hammer. A heavy one.
yeah
Been saving a couple of books for my replacement of a knee replacement (1st lasted 12 1/2 yrs). This tidbit is such a cool teaser. Going to get into this series after I finish oldest grandsons gift buying. Only series of yours I haven’t read, so I am leery of what next. I’d read anything of yours and hope your family has a perfect holiday.
You’re in for a treat. My favorite series! A perfect way to recuperate and take your mind off your knees. Good luck with your surgery!
This is such a cool series! You will love it! I too was a bit leery because how could it live up to the other series? And why move into a different world when the first one was still so rich with material? After all, I still want to know so many things about the characters i had grown to know and love! How could the authors take them away fron me?!? But, then i realized that id they had made me love one world so well, it was a pretty sure bet that i would love the new world, and who wouldn’t want to see a new world. And I can always reread the old books and it can get old to only have the old world as a platform. And we all want the authors to be happy because then they will give us more!!!!!
Go Catalina! Love it. Thank you so much. 🙂
+1
Big hugs!! Thank you!
Ooo. This makes waiting harder. You people are evil
I completely agree… Authors are closet sadist….lol (jk)
And BOOM goes the dynamite! 😀
WOW!!!! Lina is awesome!!!!!
Oh Catalina! Here’s a great big “atta girl” for you! Well done!
Nice.
A lovely Monday treat. Thank you.
Can’t wait to read this book. Thanks for the snippet.
Love it!
This is gonna be good!?
Go Catalina!
+1
Oooooohhhhhhh!
Bitchin’!
Way to go!
Catalina is hitting her stride.
Sooo fantastic!
Very nice! Love the straight talk!
What? What? I almost missed this! Woohoo!
Runa Etterson from Diamond Fire that helped with the poisoned fondue ohh BFf now impatiently waiting on book lol
Awesome teaser
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Go Catalina! My how you’ve grown, from being the shy pussy cat to the tigress guarding her kits! Well done authorlords, well done…… and thank you for the tidbit that brightened my day.
Oooohhhhhhh, Catalina issued an epic verbal smack down! Niccceeee
Ooooh, love it! So excited for these new books!
Thank you for the snippet!
Eeeeeeeeee!!!!! ? ? ? ? ?
Also, Runa! Hi, Runa!!!
Squee! Thank you for the surprise snippet. Since I own a Nook, I need to wait to pre-order this treat, plus I do not want to stress you. Thank you ALs! May the rest of this holiday season be free of: illness, stress, broken stuff & emergencies … 🙂
What a lovely surprise,,, and may your day be as wonderful as you just made mine. 🙂
+1
Well done Catalina!
Wow! In all the previous books, Lina is described as the calm one. But more and more, we see Lina coming into herself. This, this is beautiful.
How long do we have to wait again?
Until it’s done. But the longer it takes, the more snippets we’ll get, so… 😉
Way to go Catalina. Love it. Thank you.
Apple doesn’t fall far — even from a sister’s tree!!! Thanks!!
I bet he’s missing Nevada!
I can’t wait for this! I love Catalina 🙂
Squee!
Snippet!!
Thank you!!!
Thank thank you
Love It! Keep that sass coming!
Thanks for the snippet!
Loved it!
The more I read about Catalina the more I love her <3
OK, you did it.
My reaction is just plain greed.
MORE!!!
Ayuh. Let’im have it. House Response Unit? Sounds like he’s a touch too enthusiastic in doing what he considers his duty, pushing as hard as he can until he’s slapped back.
Love it, and thank you for it.
He went from being somewhat sympathetic to Nevada when he thought she had no magic in Burn for Me during the fracas with the military mage cheating husband, a major jerk trying to intimidate Nevada in Wildfire without success in the aftermath of the shooting episode with Leon and now, 3 years later trying to bully Catalina for defending herself. He has an attitude problem. Not sure if it is House Baylor or Houses in general. Knowing the Authorlords, mentions in 3 separate books of an increasingly hostile nature pretty much guarantees that we will be seeing him again.
Loving Catalina so much! Glad we’ll be seeing more of Runa too.
Oooooh! Love Catalina ♥️
Atta girl, Catalina! Ferocious slapback!
Love a surprise snippet, and at a busy time of year too.
I was only hoping for some more tree news/photos.
Go Catalina, Go!!
Oooho! Yes, wow Catalina! She’s growing into her personality…no more shy kitten.
Oh wow, I’m loving Catalina so much! What an awesome smackdown of Sgt. Munoz, too. Thanks so much for sharing snippets like these. I’m really grateful for your generosity, even if I don’t comment enough and instead, spend more time quietly lurking. It means a lot to me to be privileged to see these little glimpses into the whole of an upcoming, enticing story I can’t wait to read
I’m having yet another spinal surgery mid January (that might turn into a 2nd surgery one week later depending on the results of the first) and will be in the hospital for a while. I plan on re-reading both the Hidden Legacy and Kate Daniels series and every snippet I can find on your blog – it’ll probably distract me from the pain even better than the morphine will! ?
Hope that your surgery/surgeries go well and that you heal up quickly! I can’t think of a better set of books to read as distraction and pain relief, especially when you have Kate getting so beat up on all sides (thoughts of, “look how much worse it could be” as you read and recover!). Best wishes and good luck!
WowWhee!! Get’em girl! Thank you, love it.
A Monday afternoon treat! Thank you both!
Every time I hear about an offshoot character, I think I won’t like reading about them, but end up enjoying it. That happened with Hugh and now with Catalina. Thank you for constantly proving me wrong and for this nice Monday snippet.