Glimmer of Deception Blurb: I'm Jinx, a private investigator, a truth seeker and a wizard. You'd think all those skills would make it easy for me to get to the heart of a problem, but life's never so simple. I thought I knew what had happened to my parents the night they died. I thought I finally knew the truth - but I've taken a tumble down a rabbit hole, everything is topsy turvy, and I'm not sure who I can trust. Add to the mix some rude SOB who keeps trying to kill me. Is it the same guy who targeted my parents - or someone else entirely? I need to stay alive long enough to bring whoever it is to justice, but it looks like Emory and I have got a mole. Someone is betraying us in the worst possible way, and we need to find out who. I need to find my would-be assassin and stop him before he puts the nails in my coffin. I need to locate the leak and plug it - permanently. Oh, and I probably need to stop the rampaging ouroboros who is destroying parts of the city... Except: I stuck out my tongue. 'I'm not that drunk. I can still feel my face.' I poked myself in the cheek. I couldn't feel it at all. 'Uh-oh,' I said to Emory. 'I can't feel my face.' His lips twitched as he tried to fight a smile and kissed my forehead. 'Eat up and you'll soon feel your face,' he promised. 'You're so wise,' I agreed. 'I think it's the last century of living that's really sharpened you up.' 'Do you think so?' he asked lightly. Through our growing bond, I could feel his amusement and love. He was happy, I was happy. It was nice. I nodded. 'Yup. That, or hanging out with me.' 'I'd better keep you