Beast Business

Augustine Montgomery is an Illusion Prime, the highest rank of magic user, and he guards his real face and real strength with care. Hardly anyone has seen his face. Those who saw the full reach of his power are dead. For him, illusion has become a way of living.

Diana Harrison walks into the office of his top private investigation firm. She is a Prime too, a mage who bonds with animals through her magic and prefers them to people. Something precious has been stolen from House Harrison, and she has to get it back before it perishes.

Augustine is cold, rational and calculating, and he keeps out of other people's troubles. Diana unsettles the order of his inner life all the same. When she asks for help, he cannot say no.

This novella belongs to the Hidden Legacy world. Both leads hide who they are, and both would die before giving up their secrets. The enemy they face is far more powerful than either of them, and saving the life at risk may demand the one thing neither has ever offered: complete honesty.