Shifter Challenge by Selina Woods

Author:Selina Woods [Woods, Selina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-06T16:00:00+00:00

The old sailor eyed us suspiciously as the four of us entered his small liquor shop. “If you’re planning on robbing me, I ain’t got nothing.”

“You know how to sail a boat?” I asked. “In rough water?”

He didn’t smile as he looked me up and down. “You the new boss? Gonna turn this place around?”

“I’m sure gonna try.”

He snorted. “You don’t look like much, youngster. Yeah, I can sail any old tub. You know where I’m to take it to?”

When I told him, he nodded sharply. “I know that place. Used to launch my boats there before fishing became dangerous for my health.”

“What’s your name?” I asked him.

“Name’s Redley. You’ll be wanting to pick me up in your vehicle soon after dark, youngster. I got my place to run till then.”

I glanced sidelong at Kiana, Gray, and Caesar. “Why tonight? We’re planning to wait until we get a storm.”

He slapped his hand down on his counter, scowling furiously. “There will be a storm, damn you. Today. A big one. I feel it in my bones.”

“Your bones.”

“My bones ain’t never wrong, youngster. Never once did they steer me wrong when riding the waves on the open sea. You come back soon after dark, you hear?”

Grinning, I gave him a quick salute. “I’ll be here, Redley.”

Kiana laughed under her breath as we got into the car while Caesar grinned. “Not only do we have our necessary storm, but an accurate predictor of it. That’ll be easier. We’ll have to get a truck then; the trunk of this thing won’t be big enough.”

“And a few more hands to help unload,” I added as he pulled the car away from the curb. “Unloading the boat in the storm will be a bitch if it’s as bad as he says.”

“Know anyone with a truck?” Gray asked.

“I had one until I crashed it last night,” I replied gloomily.

“One of the lions we’re going to see today can get his hands on one,” Kiana told us. “Head back along Main, then take a left on Duggan.”

Following her directions, we pulled up in front of a small diner, and this time we were ignored by those who passed by when we piled out of the car. I was nicely anonymous without the flashy car or the flashy clothes, and we walked into the diner without the previous fear or animosity. The place was half-filled with folks, which told me the place most likely had good food.

While Kiana left to find the shifter who owned it, Gray, Caesar, and I sat down in a booth. “I hope one of you two has money,” I said cheerfully. “As I have no idea where Duke hid all my wealth.”

Caesar sent me a sour glance. “I reckon today is your lucky day.”

The waitress arrived and took our orders, then vanished into the back. Kiana returned with a tall, slender male with longish brown hair and introduced him as Miles. “He’s done a great deal of spreading the word,” she told us, her eyes flicking here and there for eavesdroppers.

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