Barbie & The Beast by Linda Thomas-Sundstrom

Author:Linda Thomas-Sundstrom
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781428506589
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.
Published: 2010-08-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-one

“This can’t be happening,” Darin muttered as he raced over the grass. “Women!”

Though Dog had a nose to the ground, Darin didn’t need any help finding his prey. Angie’s perfume wafted in the night as if it had been recently sprayed on, giving his own nose a twinge. Strong perfume for a strong personality? Would Barbie’s friend be as hardheaded as she? Just what he needed.

Oh no. No.

Sliding to a halt, Darin stared upward. A searing pain shot through his face, causing him to flinch. He wouldn’t make it. The moon was too darned bright and the trees laced too thinly. He had to let go.

With a vocalized oath, he waited for the change to transform him. Skin slid against skin. Bones creaked. His teeth slammed shut while his face rearranged. Ten seconds now to transform, he tallied. It was getting quicker.

Hugging his roomy coat tighter around himself, Darin took off again, this time able to run effortlessly, with larger strides and the joy of movement for movement’s sake. Like this, as the wolf, he was able to see, hear, and sense exactly which path Barbie’s friend had taken, almost as though Angie had left a trail of bread crumbs.

What, he wondered, would he do when he found her? He couldn’t face her like this, in his wolf’s skin. He looked like a monster! He couldn’t talk.

He would have to herd Angie in the direction of the parking lot. Chase her back to her car. Make her think something might be after her, without provoking too much of a scare.

Wait! What’s this?

Dropping to the ground on one knee, Darin sniffed the air. From the south came the scent of another presence, a familiar presence. He’d know this smell anywhere.

Excitement flowed through him. Angie’s trail ceased to occupy his mind as he turned into the wind. Angie’s trail had circled back, anyway. If she knew what was good for her, she’d be heading for her car. There was something new he had to take care of.

The beast was so easily appeased. So easily distracted.

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