Autumn's War (The Spirit Shifters Book 4) by Marissa Farrar

Author:Marissa Farrar [Farrar, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Warwick House Pres
Published: 2014-12-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

MIA HURRIED HER brother toward the multitude of waiting people and vehicles. As they approached, Marcus’s footsteps began to drag and she felt him pulling back, even as she tried to push him forward. She turned to him to ask what was wrong, but a commotion near the crowd caught her attention.

The first girl they’d rescued was curled into a ball, crying, her arms over her head as if trying to protect herself from someone beating on her. If someone tried to reach out to her, her screams grew louder.

Mia glanced at her brother, at his face—already pale from lack of sunlight, but now so pale his skin almost seemed translucent. While she didn’t want to leave his side for a second, she had to find out what was wrong with the girl. Autumn had put her in charge of this part of the mission. She couldn’t let Autumn down just because she’d found her brother. Autumn wouldn’t give up on everyone else if she found Blake.

Mia touched her brother’s arm lightly in reassurance and then jogged over to the girl and the numerous people standing around her.

“What’s going on?”

David answered, his expression worried, completely out of his depth in dealing with a hysterical girl. “I don’t know. She was fine when Nadie got her out of there. She was a bit nervous stepping out of the building, but as soon as she saw everyone, she flipped out.”

“Get away from her,” Mia said, pushing at everyone standing over the girl. “Give her some space. She’s only seen a handful of people for God-knows how many years. She’s probably having a panic attack.”

Everyone edged farther and farther away, until they were far enough away to allow Mia to speak without being overheard. She quickly glanced up to make sure Marcus was still where she’d left him. She felt like if she took her eyes off him for too long, he would disappear again and she’d be left thinking she imagined the whole thing. But he hadn’t moved. He still stood, his hands clutched in front of him, his shoulders hunched, his whole body tense. He looked as if he wasn’t sure if he wanted to cry or run.

This is what the girl had been going through, she thought. Only Marcus has me here to ground him. The girl has no one, and she’s just been faced by the biggest group of people, and yes, Mia saw a couple of large animals prowling around, and a huge owl flutter between the branches of some trees, shifters too. No wonder she had freaked out.

“Go away, all of you,” she warned those still lurking nearby. “She needs some space.”

The girl trembled violently on the ground.

Mia crouched to bring herself down to the girl’s level. She kept her voice soft and even. “I know this is frightening for you. It’s okay to be scared. No one here is going to do you any harm. We’re here to help you. To take you back to your family.

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