A Merna Annals Side Quest 1: The Winged Ones

The Winged Ones: A Short Story Collection of Humorous Adventures (A Merna Annals Side Quest)

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Enjoy this side quest to Jenna O’Malley’s dark epic paranormal romantasy series, The Merna Annals, where…

The mighty Winged Ones, personal guardians to Aryeh, king of all fae–light and dark, above and below. Sounds respectable, right? You have no idea…

They are protectors of Aryeh foremost, but their adventures and misadventures cascade into so much more!

Along with all mernakind, immortal creatures of human imagination, the Winged Ones have gone from being hunted for their divinely given magic, to surviving in the mundane world without it for better or worse, to escape extinction and enslavement.

While these oath-bound heroes attempt to keep the lord of all fae safe and alive, they are also trying to protect their friends, found family, and one another.

Meet Captain Five and Jiera, catshifters; Martigan and Bear, half-fae who started their lives as humans; Tuce, a changeling forever stuck with the appearance of a teenager; and GorGor, a werewolf.

Can they manage Aryeh’s mischief, despite his magic withdrawals and further addictions? Will they keep all mernakind connected through their darkest times, or…will they fail?

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The Winged Ones is a collection of short stories from the guardians of Aryeh, the king of all fae. It spans the life and times of these mis-matched, unconventional heroes artfully combining historical and urban fantasy with paranormal romance and epic adventure with and without magic.