Contents Out of Tune More Books by Amy Sumida The Playlist Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three Chapter Thirty-Four Chapter Thirty-Five Chapter Thirty-Six Chapter Thirty-Seven Chapter Thirty-Eight Chapter Thirty-Nine Chapter Forty Chapter Forty-One Chapter Forty-Two Chapter Forty-Three Chapter Forty-Four Chapter Forty-Five Chapter Forty-Six Chapter Forty-Seven Chapter Forty-Eight Chapter Forty-Nine Chapter Fifty Chapter Fifty-One Chapter Fifty-Two Chapter Fifty-Three Chapter Fifty-Four Chapter Fifty-Five Chapter Fifty-Six A Sneak Peek Chapter One Grammar Giggles Pronunciation Guide/ Character List About the Author Out of Tune Amy Sumida Copyright © 2019 Amy Sumida All rights reserved. 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More Books by Amy Sumida The Godhunter Series (in order) Godhunter Of Gods and Wolves Oathbreaker Marked by Death Green Tea and Black Death A Taste for Blood The Tainted Web Series Split: These books can be read together or separately Harvest of the Gods & A Fey Harvest Into the Void & Out of the Darkness Perchance to Die Tracing Thunder Light as a Feather Rain or Monkeyshine Blood Bound Eye of Re My Soul to Take As the Crow Flies Cry Werewolf Pride Before a Fall Monsoons and Monsters Blessed Death In the Nyx of Time Let Sleeping Demons Lie The Lion, the Witch, and the Werewolf Hear No Evil Dark Star Destiny Descending The Black Lion Beyond the Godhunter A Darker Element Out of the Blue The Twilight Court Series Fairy-Struck Pixie-Led Raven-Mocking Here there be Dragons Witchbane Elf-Shot Fairy Rings and Dragon Kings Black-Market Magic Etched in Stone —Completed Series— The Spellsinger Series The Last Lullaby A Symphony of Sirens A Harmony of Hearts Primeval Prelude Ballad of Blood A Deadly Duet Macabre Melody Aria of the Gods Anthem of Ashes A Chorus of Cats Doppelganger Dirge (Out of Tune) Spectra Spectra: A Cynical Superhero A Gray Area A Compression of Colors Blue Murder Code Red With Flying Colors Erotica An Unseelie Understanding Fairy Tales Happily Harem After Vol. 1 Including: The Four Clever Brothers Wild Wonderland Beauty and the Beasts Pan's Promise The Little Glass Slipper Happily Harem After Vol. 2 Including: White as Snow Awakened Beauty Twisted Codename: Goldilocks Historical Romance Enchantress The Playlist Listen to the playlist for Out of Tune for free on Spotify: Out of Tune Playlist “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by The Tokens “Bad Things” by Summer Kennedy “Soak Up the Sun” by Sheryl Crow “Underneath it All” by No Doubt and Lady Saw “New Blood” by Zayde Wolf “Return to Innocence” by Enigma “Make it Out Alive” by Jennifer Hall “The Devil Within” by Digital Daggers “Un-Break My Heart” by Toni Braxton “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” by Miranda Lambert “Magic Man” by Heart Chapter One The Zone Lord stood at the balcony railing, staring across his underground domain like a king surveying his kingdom. He wore only a pair of tailored slacks, zipped but unbuttoned. I knew they were unbuttoned because I'd watched him slip them on several minutes earlier, after he'd left our bed. The bed's base was constructed of crystal, as was the palace that held it, and it faced the balcony. Which meant I didn't have to leave it to watch Slate, but I did. I wanted to do more than watch. I slipped out of bed and retrieved the silk robe I'd hung on one of the quartz points of the headboard. The entire bed had been carved from a single cluster of enormous clear quartz, scooped out in the center to contain the mattress. The sides had been smoothed and polished so that only the head and foot of the bed had those amazing points; the shards at the foot having half the height of those at the head. But I barely glanced at the gleaming quartz; I was focused on Slate. I padded on bare feet across luxurious rugs that had been imported from Zuja, the Jinn planet. Slate had spared no expense when he'd built the palace for me. You might think that was obvious just from his choice of building materials, but he didn't have to pay for any of the crystal. The Gargoyles had discovered massive deposits of several types of precious stones surrounding an underground lake—even more underground than the zone. Slate had constructed our palace over that lake, using the bounty they'd found there to build it. The entire thing wasn't crystal, there was stone beneath the jewels, but it appeared so from the outside. Even inside the gleaming edifice, the stone walls were accented by veins of crystals or studded by gems and several rooms featured individual jewels, showcasing them with complementary color and light. One of my favorites was the crimson dining room with its polished garnet walls. If I didn't know better, I'd think that Slate was trying to one-up the Shining Ones in the castle-building department. I wasn't a Shining One by birth, but I have the reincarnated soul of their Goddess inside me and I ruled Kyanite, a Shining One kingdom. Tír na nÓg, the planet of the Shining Ones (humans call them Fairies), is divided into Jewel Kingdoms and a vast forest called Primeval. Each kingdom has a castle featuring the kingdom's jewel predominantly; usually built entirely of it. Slate's palace resembled those magical mansions in its use of precious stones if not in the actual construction. But Slate didn't go to such lengths for petty reasons like jealousy or envy or even pride. He could feel all of those things, of course, but he generally didn't allow them to affect his behavior. He was a cool cat who ran his zone with a firm but fair hand... sometimes a stony fist. But he didn't look so calm at the moment. As I joined my Gargoyle boyfriend on the balcony, I noticed how his hands laid upon the polished crystal railing as if bracing for impact. His shoulders tensed as I approached, making me frown. I had a feeling that I knew what had driven him out of bed so early in the morning, but I couldn't imagine why he wouldn't want me by his side. “If you'd rather be alone—” “No, of course not,” Slate murmured and turned to take my hand and draw me into his arms. “I'm just... unsettled.” “The Zone looks even better than it did before the battle,” I noted, referring to the work that had been done to fix the damage Gargo, God of the
