"Miss V!"Jackson exclaimed as I walked up to the table. "Where you been, shug?"He drew out the endearment with a hint of New Orleans, so the shortened sugar came out sounding like shu-u-ug.

"Fighting Gods."I laughed and hugged him. "Oh, and one werewolf."

"You're never satisfied with the normal are you?"Jackson's boyfriend, Tristan, stood up to hug me next. "The rest of us just have demons to slay, but you get Gods. I wanna live in your world."

"No, you don't; trust me."I ...