Phoenix Rising by Bianca D'Arc

Author:Bianca D'Arc [D'Arc, Bianca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military paranormal romance
Publisher: Hawk Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Lance was nervous as the sun started its descent. He was out in the desert behind his house. He’d built his shop on the outskirts of town and put his house behind that, so he’d have a vantage on the sandy scrub land that stretched for miles. It had called to him—like the sun was calling to him now—taunting him. Begging him to chase it as it sank below the horizon.

Once Tina had established the mind-blowing fact that he was, indeed, working with a bunch of shapeshifters, things had happened rather quickly. Stone had identified himself as the Alpha of the group of mechanic-slash-werewolves who were on Lance’s payroll. Apparently, that meant he was their leader and could make decisions for the group.

Stone had gone on to identify the other kinds of shifters—the bear in the paint shop and Lexi the lynx up front among them. It turned out there was quite a wide range of Others working for Lance in one form or another, and a lot of their suppliers were also shifter businesses. That was something Lance hadn’t even considered.

What had truly amazed him was the way his people had come together to stand with him as they attempted to bring on his first shift under controlled circumstances. The idea had been something Tina and Stone had come up with between them, and Lance was happy to humor them if it meant figuring this whole thing out sooner. He was feeling the pull of the sun more strongly than ever—the temporary relief Tina had given him had worn off over the day, and as the sun started its descent, Lance wanted nothing more than to follow it.

Such a weird thought. He still couldn’t really wrap his head around it, but the gathering of his employees and Tina out in the wasteland behind his house said that they certainly believed it was possible. Or, maybe they were just humoring him.

He didn’t think so, though. They certainly seemed to be taking this seriously. In fact, Stone had started barking orders to his guys, stationing them around the perimeter of the yard like sentries. Lexi had taken up a position next to Tina, as if watching for Tina to make one false move. Lance had to shake his head at that one. Lexi was a kid, not even out of her teens yet. She was good at answering phones, but a badass, she was not.

Or was she? Stone had seemed dead serious when he’d said Lexi was a lynx. Lance didn’t know much about them, but he thought they were some kind of oversized cat with tufted ears. He also thought maybe they lived in Canada, so Lexi must be an anomaly if she preferred the desert. If she even was a lynx. Lance hadn’t seen anything yet to prove all the claims Stone and Tina had made between them.

“I’m going to cast a circle of protection,” Tina said, coming up beside Lance as they all took their positions.

Lance was in the center of a circle of his employees.

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