Mortal Sins (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Lily Yu: FBI agent in Magical Crimes Division (MCD)/Human and bond-mate, by Goddess decree, to Rule Turner
• Rule Turner: Werewolf/bond-mate to Lily. Lu Nuncio for Clan Nokolai(heir to be Rho)
• Toby: Rule's son, carries the lupus gene
• Edna: An Amazon sized woman who works in the Sheriff's department
• Sheriff Jay Deacon: Sheriff in Dawson County, countyseat in Halo, North Carolina. "Thin, trim, under 40, and under 6 feet." Not the stereotypical southern sheriff.
• Roy Don Meacham: Death magic is believed to have caused him to kill his wife and two kids with a baseball bat
• Sanchez: Dawson County Deputy Sheriff
• Dr. Stanfield: Local vet checking feral dogs for rabies
• Bill Watkins: U.S. Postal worker who witnessed the Meachum killings and was injured during his attempts to stop the killer
• Rebecca Nordstrum Meachum: Murdered wife of Roy Don Meachum, Classmate of sheriff Deacon
• mrs Asteglio: Toby's maternal grandmother
• Ruben Brooks: Head of FBI's Unit 12, of MCD, whose agents are Gifted; Lily's boss
• Abel Karonski: Lily's fellow agent at Unit 12, and a Wiccan practicing witch
• Dirty Harry: Lily's pet house cat, or else Lily is Dirty Harry's pet person, the distinction is still up for debate
• Victor Frey: Rho of the eastern Leidolf Clan, he is very ill and after forcing his mantle onto Rule without killing him as Frey had expexted, it is believed that if Rule brings up the mantle power it would kill Frey which Rule does not want to do. SomehowRule did not become Leidolf's Lu Nuncio after receiving themantle.
• Alex Thibideaux: Leidolf's Lu Nuncio, holding the heirs portion of the mantle, but Rule holds the Rho portion and is now the effective heir upon Frey's death and yet owes no loyalty to Frey, yet has power over the Leidolf lupi because of the mantle
• Cullen Seabourne: Adopted into Nokolai, sorceror, married to Cynna who is now Rhej apprentice
• Cynna Seaborne: Finder and FBI agent, married Cullen and now Nokolai member and apprentice Rhej.

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• “As grandmother said, rumors were like politics ---inevitable whenever more than two people were around.”

  Lily Yu

• “We don't know. We don't know what it can or can't do. You're going to need to take off your shirt.""Christ." Deacon's voice came from behind her, thick with disgust. " You raced here to feel him up."”

  Lily to Rule, Sheriff Deacon to Lily

• “He <Rule> was so damn perfect --- wealthy, sophisticated, sexy enough to wake a woman from a coma. It was reassuring to know that, under it all, he was still very much a guy. Never mind making the bed, but for God's sake, don't get crumbs on the leather <car> seats.”

  Lily Yu

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Halo, North Carolina: Lily and Rule have come here to pick up Rule's son Toby who has been living with his maternal granddmother, and gain legal guardianship thru a court hearing before taking him back to Clanhome in California
• San Diego, California: Rule belongs to the Nokolai Clan whose headquarters, Clanhome, are in the San Diego area

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• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Responsibility for investigating and arrresting persons involved in federal crimes in the United States
• Unit 12, MCD, FBI: The FBI Magical Crimes Division which Lily works in
• ERT: The FBI's Emergency Response Team, called to the scene of the crime to conduct investigations and preserve evidence
• Clan Nokolai: The western Clan of werewolf, mostly located in California with headquarters in San Diego. Clan Nokolai has 'come out' to the public and Rule is called 'the Nokolai Prince' of the Werevolves by the tabloids
• Clan Leidolf: The east coast Clan of werewolf. This Clan isstill a secret, unknown to exist by humans
• Dawson County Sheriff's Department: Sheriff Deacon's County offices in Halo, North Carolina, the county seat

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Glossary edit see section history

• Rho: The Rho is the alpha werewolf and leader of his clan.
• Rhej: Is a female who holds the history of the Clan as well as magical abilities, she is of equal standing to the Rho.
• Nokolai Clan: Is located mosly in California, and is the west coast Clan with their Clanhome in San Diego
• the Turning: Events that recently brought major Magic along with dragons and other nagical creatures into the world.
• Lu Nuncio: Is the alpha werewolf that is next in line for his Clan's Rho
• lupus, Lupi: Lupus is singular for werewolf, Lupi is multiple. All werewolfs are born male, females carry the gene but cannot Change, females age normally while a lupus has a much longer life span due to the were genes. The Lupus gene can not be given to others like a virus, contrary to popular lore and fairy tales
• weer: Pronounced like weird but without the 'd', the southern pronunciation of 'were', as in werewolf
• Gifted: Some humans have a magical talent, called a gift, such as Finder, Tracker, Empathy. Lily can feel magic as a color/texture, but is immune to most magic directed at her
• Change: The werewolf's ability to turn into a wolf, also a verb as in the act of Changing to wolf form
• Dragon: Thought by humans to be extinct or mythical, they returned to our world from the realm of Dis, helping Lily to bring Rule back after demons hijacked part of Lily's life force and Rule hung on and got carried over with her
• Dragon Accord: Agreement between dragons and humans that dragons would over fly over and soak up the larger amount of magic that destroys technical usage in the largest cities
• Chosen: Term for a woman whom The Goddess, The werewolf demi god, chooses to be the bon mate of a lupus.
• nadia: Lupi term for the chosen coming from a word meaning a knot, or binding tie
• bond mate: The bond between Chosen and her Lupus is the only mate relationship that allows fidelity by the Lupus, marriage is taboo because there are so few Lupi and conception and birth of male lupus is so low, all male/lupi are required to required to have many relationships to keep the lupi population strong. Cullen and Cynna are the only marriage in the Clans' history
• mantle: Lupi magic resides in the psychic mantle which gives the Rho and Lu Nuncio control over the members of its clan, the Rho gifts part of the mantle power to the alpha lupus who is heir to the leadership. It was thought to be impossible to hold mantles from 2 Clans, however the Leidolf Rho sought to kill Rule by forcing the Leidolf mantle into him but Rule survived and is the only known Lupus to have ever held mantle and control for 2 clans
• CDC Center for Disease Control: The CDC was responsiblle for making and adninistering gado to lupi when it was fearfullybelieved to be a disease,although it is actually totally genetic. CDC has gado and is responsible for keeping track of all doses. It is illegal to manufacture or administer gado
• gado or gadolinium: A drug given to lupi when the U.S. government required they submit to registration, the drug was believed to 'cure' the were and stopped the lupus from Changing, unfortunately it killed 50% and drove most of the remainder seriously psychotic. It will kill a young lupus if administered pre-Change
• wolfsbane: A poison that stops a were from healing, used with gado to keep the wwere from expelling and healing the gado's effect. Slow acting in adult lupi, almost immediate in pre-Change lupi
• medium: A person with the Gift of seeing and communicating with spirits of the dead, in the Lupi world all mediums are female
• Loa: Describe this term.
• wraith
• gens compleo: Ceremony welcoming the Change of a lupus youth and his becoming adult in status with the Clan

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Night Season , and followed by Blood Magic .

Preceded by Night Season , and followed by Inked.

Preceded by Night Season .

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Eileen Wilks (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Don Sipley (Cover Artist)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( W ) › Wilks, Eileen
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