Shifters Uproar by Selina Woods

Author:Selina Woods [Woods, Selina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

I unlocked the door, permitting Barney in, then shut it again, locking it. “Are we trapped?” I demanded, shifting into my lion.

“Yes, and no,” he replied, gasping for breath, his tail lashing. “We can escape that way, but it means leaving our stash of food, water, and weapons behind.”

He jerked his head toward the jerry cans, crates, and rifles in the pile. “We can’t let them have those,” I growled, pacing as I thought.

Outside, the screech of tires and raised voices informed me the enforcers had arrived and knew that Barney had come in here. Some fool jiggled the doorknob, then yelled for whoever was inside to open up. As though we would instantly obey such an order.

Nigel picked up a rifle, his expression tight and grim. “How about we let them in?” he said, his eyes on Skyler. “Bring them to their deaths.”

“Are you nuts?” I hissed, glancing from him to the door that would not soon last under the pressure from those outside. “I’m not about to let you use her as bait.”

“You don’t have a choice,” Skyler replied. “Hide yourselves, and when they see only me, they’ll believe I’m alone.”

“We fire at them from two sides,” Gibson said quickly, picking up another rifle. “Cut them down before they realize she ain’t.”

I glanced at Barney. “Are we outnumbered?”

He nodded. “They are in an SUV, about eight or nine of them. All armed with rifles.”

“Go.” Skyler switched forms into her trim, dainty lioness less than half my size. “They’ll think I’m helpless and an easy take.”

“There’s nothing for us to hide behind,” I snapped, growling, seeing little that might conceal us.

“The rafters,” Nigel answered, pointing. “We cats climb up there with our guns in our jaws, then switch forms. They’ll never look up.”

The door shuddered under the impact of bodies striking it, trying to break it down. “Let’s go then.”

Before I grabbed a rifle and as the others scrambled up to the rafters using the crates, I took a moment to rub my muzzle against Skyler’s. “Be careful, baby,” I rumbled. “If you have to, run.”

“I will.”

Her rough tongue caressed my whiskers for a long moment before she said, “Go. Another blow will cave that door in.”

Grabbing a rifle in my jaws, I leaped for the crates, then crouched low. Using my hindquarters, I jumped high and seized hold of the wooden rafter, then hauled myself up. Setting the weapon down, observing the others in their human forms spread out among the beams, I changed into my body that had opposable thumbs and picked up my gun. Stepping lightly out with the natural balance of a cat, I raised the rifle to my shoulder and sighted down it.

I had no sooner gotten myself into position when the door crashed open. Skyler gave a squeal of terror, and backed herself into a corner, her tail lashing in her agitation. The enforcers swaggered in, seeing nothing to alarm them save a half-sized lion with nowhere to run.

“Where’s the other dude?” shouted their leader, striding toward her.

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