Failed State
Welcome to my so-called life—I live in a post-COVID nightmare where supernaturals like me get blamed for the pandemic then locked up by the delightful Federated Human States of America.
Stripped of our rights? Check.
Shoved into reeducation camps? Double check.
My partners in crime—Thaddeus and Huck —attend the mandated university-level education at F.E.A.R. Academy with me. It’s only our second week of classes, but when the humans announce fresh ‘shipments’ of supernaturals, I know something is wrong.
What’s a dystopian hellhole without more prisoners, amirite?
Surprise, surprise—this is part of the FHSA’s latest genius plan: the first annual Supernatural Unified Challenge of Endurance.
Our prize? A ticket to a special community for loyal followers.
With the stakes sky-high and my patience running thin, I’ve got to juggle my chaotic feelings about my friends and the three sexy, yet dangerous, new guys they assigned us. We have to work together to survive the first challenge, but the tempers are hot and I’m about to overload.
What’s it say about me that I don’t know if I’m going to choose freedom over odd thumping of my heart when they’re around?
Trigger Protocol (F.E.A.R. Academy #2)
The Games haven’t even started yet, and I am already one bad decision away from committing treason.
Team Bite Club has been selected, cataloged, scanned, and examined like prize livestock the FHSA cannot wait to parade in front of an audience. After being scored in the ‘elite’ teams we are now deep in training—combat drills, magic refinement, media coaching, and behavioral conditioning.
It’s as disturbing as it sounds—trust me.
Five very dangerous men have decided I am theirs to protect: Thaddeus my guardian bear, Huck the mischievous demon, Sebastian the damaged vampire, Rory the irrepressible mage, and Elias the enormous sea dragon prince.
Then the Supernatural Unified Challenge of Endurance committee decides they haven’t made supes miserable enough.
The announcement means visits from high-ranking FSHA officials, which would be enough to ruin anyone’s day, except it gets worse.
Astaroth Whitmore, Sebastian’s traitorous father, and the man who helped hand our kind over to the FHSA, is coming to Tempest Seven.
The pressure is mounting and I’m juggling training, secrets, and a bond with five men that is getting harder to ignore by the second.
The Games have not even started yet—but I’m already planning how to break them.