Fire & Rescue Shifters Collection 1 by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 1

Griff

“Ma’am, is it your son or your cat who’s stuck up the tree?”

The words snagged Griffin MacCormick’s attention as he finished handling another grueling emergency call. Pulling his headset off his ears, he cocked an eyebrow at his colleague at the opposite desk. Kevin caught his eye, and rolled his own, mouthing “time waster” as he pointed at his own headset.

“Let me see if I understand you, ma’am,” Kevin said to the caller, his tone leaden with jaded weariness. “Your cat, who is like a son to you, is stuck up a tree. And you would like the fire services to send a very expensive emergency vehicle, which is meant for emergencies, to attend to your…pussy.”

Having just spent an heart-pounding thirty minutes on the phone with a traumatized caller who was pinned under two tons of smashed, burning car, Griff could sympathize with his colleague’s irritation with the nuisance call, if not his unprofessionalism in letting sarcasm seep into his tone. The East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was stretched thin just handling the major crises. The seaside city of Brighton might not be particularly large—especially not compared to London—but it was one of the most vibrant cities in England, attracting millions of visitors with its quirky, alternative culture. And lots of drunk, excited tourists looking for a wild night out meant a lot of work for fire dispatchers like Griff.

Especially when quite a few of those drunk, excited tourists were dragons.

Not that Kevin, or indeed any of Griff’s other colleagues in the control room, knew that little secret about their city.

Kevin raised his eyes to the heavens—or at least, to the control room ceiling—as if praying for the strength to deal with the idiot in his earpiece. “I’m sorry, ma’am, I’m not sure I’m following you. Are you trying to tell me that your son turned into a cat and shot up a tree?”

Now that got Griff’s full attention. Bringing up the office chat utility on his PC, he typed to Kevin, Want me to take over?

Kevin shook his head at him across the desk. Nah, he typed back, one handed. Nearly got rid of her.

“Yes, ma’am, that does sound unbelievable,” Kevin said into his headset. “I see. Yes, ma’am, this was a bad idea. You do that. In future, please don’t call the fire department unless you actually have an emergency. Goodbye.” Pushing his headset down around his neck, he stretched with a groan. “Goddamn bored housewives. I swear that one must have been high on her kid’s meds or something.”

“Sounded like an interesting call,” Griff observed mildly.

“Nah, just another time waster.” With a push of one foot, Kevin propelled his office chair backwards to the whiteboard in the corner, where the dispatch team kept a highly unofficial tally of handled calls. Picking up the blue pen, he added another tick to his row with a sarcastic flourish. “At this rate, I may beat even your record for prank callers this week. I swear you’re some sort of magnet for the weirdos.

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