A Hippogriff for Christmas by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

This, Annie thought, has been a really weird day.

It was fine to admit that, she thought – it had, after all, been really weird, in ways she wasn’t sure she could think too closely about yet. She knew at some point she’d have to deal with it all – with the existence of mythical creatures and shifters and that one of them was her soulmate – but right now probably wasn’t the time.

She was sitting in the corner of the room, staring at the young man who had apparently been trying to burn down the bakery – and who had turned from a wolf into a human being in front of her very eyes.

Probably, she thought, that part should’ve been at least a little less surprising than it had been, considering she’d already seen Beau turning into something way more unusual than a wolf – but then, she wasn’t up to interrogating herself about these things right now.

Beau had hauled the wolf-man back to the bakery at Annie’s suggestion since she had a key to open the back door, and she’d guessed they needed somewhere inside to figure out what had been going on.

They were in the storeroom now, Beau on the phone on the other side of the room, and the wolf guy sitting sulkily on a metal chair, hands cuffed behind his back.

Annie took some time to look him over. No ears, no tail, no paws – he was definitely completely human now that he was no longer a wolf.

But then again, I spent a decent amount of time looking at pretty much every inch of Beau, and he definitely didn’t have any hippogriff features in his human form either, Annie thought, swallowing heavily at the memory.

She didn’t have any more time to think about it, though, since at that moment Beau wrapped up his quiet conversation on the phone and crossed the room to her.

“Done – I’ve called it in,” he said. “Since he’s a shifter, I needed to report this to my agency. They’re sending someone over.” His expression hardened as he turned his head to look at the handcuffed man on the chair. “In the meantime, though, I think I’d like some answers of my own. Starting with your name.”

“You said I could get some witness protection or some shit,” the man said, glaring at them from beneath his brows.

Beau’s expression darkened further. “I didn’t promise anything. And first, you need to tell me something actually useful. Like what your name is, and why you were trying to burn down this building.”

Annie’s breath hitched in her throat.

She had to admit that although she didn’t know anything about Beau’s line of work or the world of shifters in general, she was starting to have a few suspicions of her own about what was going on here.

Like Scott acting so weird this morning, being so desperate to get money out of the register. He’s always been a bit slimy, but that was the first time he’s acted like that.

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