Skin Walkers - King Read Online Free PDF

becoming afflicted by introduction to his angel.  Angel, hmph!   It was the term all Walker men used to describe their mates, the direct result—Jenny assumed—from the fact that male Walkers gifted their angels with a halo. 
    A Skin Walker’s halo was generated over time much like the antlers of a deer.  Only the Skin Walker who generated it could remove his halo, and it was only taken off to gift to h is angel, his mate.  A  Walker’s angel experienced a transformation with the acceptance of the halo.  Like their Walker mate, angels would become immune to illness and would be able to communicate with their Walker mate through the mist.
    Lilly dropped her uneaten sandwich back onto her tray and propped her chin into her upraised palm to eye King longingly across the cafeteria.  “I suppose he would be.”  King was humiliatingly handsome, leaving Lilly feeling lacking.  “It wouldn’t work anyway.  I’m not getting mixed up with the boss’ best friend.  Not happening!”
    Jenny scoffed with a scowl, “You give Monroe too much respect.”
    “And you don’t give him enough.  If you knew half the crap that came across my desk , Jen,” she let the words trail off when Jenny eyed her warily.  Anytime Lilly had brought up anything to do with Monroe’s work, her friend suddenly became too curious, and not in the manner of wanting to know the details of Monroe’s affairs, no, it seemed more like Jenny was curious as to how much—if any—of Monroe’s business Lilly was willing to spill.  The answer was none.  In the time she’d been employed by Monroe, Lilly had witnessed dozens of questionable financial transactions, work orders, as well as several nonsensical pieces of equipment that Lilly was loathe to bring up, like the pave hawk helicopter that kept popping up on the CEO’s finance report.  It was fueled quite frequently, though Lilly had no record of the helicopter ever being used for specific Preserve business. To her credit, Lilly kept her lips sealed.
    “What kind of crap?”
    “You know I won’t talk, Jen.  Why you bother asking is beyond me.”  She could’ve sworn that Jenny’s smile turned approving.
    “I know.  Doesn’t hurt to try.”
    “So, what is it this King is going to be doing here on the estate?”
    “Beats me,” Jenny shrugged, “I thought you of all people would know.”
    She shook her head and took an uninterested sip of her iced tea.  “I have no idea what Monroe would need a man like that for, and I’m almost afraid to find out.  He’s supposed to be security.  Either Mr. StoneCrow’s got some serious enemies, or he’s extremely paranoid.”
    At first, Lilly had questioned the amount of people and the strange occurrences that often took place under the guise of StoneCrow business.  It didn’t take her long to realize that if she wanted to keep her job, she’d need to keep her mouth shut.  And she did just that, but it didn’t hurt to fish for information every once in a while.  “Why do you suppose Monroe is having a school built?  It seems kind of odd for a preserve and rehabilitation facility, doesn’t it?”
    Jenny sat up straighter, “Oh!” She waved a hand dismissively in the air, “It’s probably just because the estate is so far from the city.  It’d be easier for staff to school their children here then to ship them to Great Falls.”
    It made some sense.  Unlike most employees, Lilly had refused the CEO’s offer to take up residence on the estate.  Instead, she drove the fifty minutes and forty-five miles it took to get to her apartment in Great Falls.  The daily commute was a pain.
    “And that’s another thing,” Lilly prodded, “why so many personnel?  I mean I’ve researched comparable facilities in much larger states.  They don’t have a fraction of the staff we’ll be hiring.  It doesn’t really make sense.”
    Seeming flustered, Jenny rose from her seat, taking her tray of half eaten lunch up with her.