Claiming His Lioness (Shifter Wars) by Kerry Adrienne

Author:Kerry Adrienne [Adrienne, Kerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2018-08-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Mason and Elijah stood at the front of the room. Mason had conducted the meeting, and Griff waited for his next words. So far, the get-together hadn’t gone particularly well.

The wolves didn’t think much of the human threat, and wanted to know how they could monetize the situation, which was ridiculous. The lions agreed there was a threat but offered no viable means of stopping it yet. The wolves muddied the situation.

Griff sighed.

Maybe the bears and lions should’ve handled the situation on their own, without the wolves. To make matters worse, even though the wolves weren’t worried, they wanted their share of the patrol duties and reconnaissance. If they didn’t bother to show up for their turns, the shifters’ plan would fail. Basically, they wanted their snouts in the pot but only at their own convenience.

That wasn’t going to work.

“The last two days, the humans have worked on the pipeline around the clock.” Derek folded his arms and leaned against the cave wall. “They are moving into Deep Creek quickly.”

“How can they see what they’re doing in the dark?” Marco asked.

“They brought in large spotlights and generators. My guess is that oil will be flowing in the pipe by August if they keep up this rate.” Derek pulled his hair back and put an elastic around it. “I can’t believe how much pipe is in already.”

Groans echoed in the cavern. August wasn’t far away and there was a lot of work that needed to be done. Griff’s head was starting to ache. So much stress with the humans, the lion Mason in the cave, and Amy’s pregnancy. Would life ever settle down?

“We can’t let that happen.” Lara spoke up. “Once oil is flowing, any sabotage will spill crude on our land.”

“But wouldn’t they simply rebuild if we sabotaged a section? What’s to stop them from continuing to try?” Derek shook his head. “We need a better plan.”

Lara stood behind Mason, her hands on his shoulders. Griff studied the pair. Something wasn’t right, but he couldn’t put a paw on what it was.

“Destruction of the pipeline is only part of the solution,” Mason said.

“And getting rid of the traps. Reporting them to the National Park Service.” Lara spoke loudly. “And we’re going to march against the pipeline and see if we can get a lot of media coverage.”

“The media could be the key to this whole thing,” Mason said. “They can spread the word farther than we can. We need to give them news to talk about, though.”

“What’s the issue? Once the pipeline is built, there won’t be much more of a human presence in the forest. Maintenance, that’s all.” Claude, the pack leader of the Green Glen Wolves, spoke up, his voice high and faint. “They’ll leave us alone then. Maybe we should just let them build the damn thing.”

“The issue is oil from up north could ruin our forests if it leaks. We could face widespread ecological damage.” Griff grumbled at having to state the obvious. “And

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