Saved By The Lion: Shifters Hunt ( A Paranormal Shifter Romance) by Selina Woods

Author:Selina Woods [Woods, Selina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Craving Iliana’s presence and a plateful of excellent food, I drove Freddy and a few other guards to the Devil’s Headmaster. The others went back to the penthouse as I didn’t want that many around to protect me. We’d left the fire to burn as there was nothing nearby to ignite from it. The big urn of money sat in the rear hatch, and I wondered what to do with it.

Driving around the corner near the restaurant, I came head to head with a huge crowd milling in the middle of the street, smoke pouring from the Headmaster. “Shit,” I exploded, jamming the brake pedal to the floor.

“What the hell?” Freddy asked.

Throwing the SUV into park, I ran from it, pushing my way through the throng, my heart racing faster than my feet. Iliana! Toward the front, I discovered people throwing buckets of water through the broken front window, putting the fire out. Hyde, his flesh blackened by soot, directed the operation. And Iliana stood watching several paces away, safe and unharmed.

She saw me and immediately ran toward me. “Griffin!”

Within seconds, she was in my arms, hers around my waist and her head against my chest. I hugged her tight, feeling her heart thud almost in time to mine. “What happened?”

“Enforcers,” she told me without looking up. “They threw a bottle with a rag stuffed into the neck. They lit it, and threw it through the window.”

“Are you hurt?”

She glanced up. “No. I was in the back as usual. A few customers were burned.”

I swore under my breath. “Where are they?”

“I don’t know. I think friends and neighbors took them.”

Hyde came over, wiping his face with arm, his expression grim. “The fire’s out. Fortunately, customers helped put it out the instant they threw the bottle. The damage isn’t extensive, but now people will be afraid to come eat here.”

“Why would the enforcers target you?” I asked, just as grim as he was.

His gaze lowered to Iliana. “Because you’re protecting her is my guess.”

I half-turned, staring around at the whispering crowd of onlookers, seeing no enforcers among them as there usually might be. “Are they angry with you or with me?”

“They wouldn’t dare go after you,” Iliana said, pushing out of my arms. “They’re too scared of you.”

“They might be realizing there are more of them than of me,” I grated, still seeking enforcers in the throng.

While I didn’t see any, I did, however, catch a glimpse of the two shifters with the tattoos at the rear of the crowd. When they saw me watching them, they drifted away. I wanted to run after them, but I would not leave Iliana. Nor did I want Freddy or any guards leaving her, either.

“Where are the two guards I sent to watch over you?” I asked her.

She gestured with her chin. “Right there. They were inside at one of the tables when those guys threw the bomb in. They came straight for me and got me out.”

The pair saw me looking at them and pushed their way through the watchers.

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