Blood Moon by Becca Fanning

Author:Becca Fanning [Fanning, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Marcus had been shot before, more times than he could remember. But he never got used to the pain, especially not after being shot four times.

Angie had caught him unaware, and he chastised himself for that. He hadn’t been thinking clearly; his mind had been on the scent, on someone that was so familiar to him that he was seconds away from finding out who had broken the window. What he couldn’t figure out in his human form, he’d been able to once shifted – and he had let his guard down.

“Stop screaming!” he yelled, crawling up to his knees. Angie stood in front of him, petrified, eyes wide and panicked.

“What are you?” she asked, raising the gun towards him again. He used his ebbing reserves of strength to reach up and slap the weapon out of her hand. He knew it was empty, yet he still didn’t like having it pointed directly at his face. She backed up a few steps. “Did you kill Erica? Did you try to kill me, too?”

“No!” he said, stumbling to his feet. Blood leaked out of the bullet wounds. One had taken him in the shoulder and passed right through. One had grazed an arm and another had grazed his side. Those would cause no lasting damage. But there was one, buried deep in his gut that left him hunched over and wincing at every little movement. “Help me up.”

Angie didn’t move.

“Never seen a Shifter before?” he asked, a grin somehow managing to cross his face. He laughed, then winced and doubled over again in pain.

“A what?”

“Shifter. Kinda like a were –”

“You’ve got to be kidding…”

“Afraid not,” Marcus muttered. “Well, if you won’t help me, get out of my way. I have to get this patched up.” Angie didn’t move. “The least you could do is help me. After you shot me. It’s only fair.” She didn’t move, eyes wide. “Angie!”

She jumped then, eyes coming into focus.

“You’re… You’re… a bear…”

“Shifter,” Marcus corrected. “Help me up. I’ll explain everything later.”

Somehow, Angie came out of her trance and she looped a hand underneath Marcus’s arm and around his back. He was heavy, and she struggled to lift him, but any bit helped. He breathed deep, realizing she was a mixture of uncertainty, fear…

And… lust?

Marcus looked down at his blood slicked body. He was completely naked, and Angie had taken notice. She tried to keep her head up, looking away from his body, trying her hardest not to stare.

“My Bronco’s just up ahead,” he grimaced. Even talking hurt.

Up ahead, Marcus saw his Bronco sitting in the darkness. But off to the right, in an abandoned parking lot – was flickering light. A lot of flickering light.

“What is that?” he asked.

“Oh, my God,” Angie said. “My car.”

Marcus and Angie came around the building, near his Bronco, and saw the blaze for the first time. Everything clicked into place. Angie had already been sitting in the abandoned parking lot when Marcus had pulled up. She’d followed him down the alleyway all of the way towards the Great Southern.

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