Shifter's Choice: A Norcal Shifters novella by Annalise Nixon

Author:Annalise Nixon [Nixon, Annalise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“Lieutenant Murphy, is there a problem?” Renault spun around, walking as gracefully backward as he did forward, and not one drop of sweat glistened on his brow.

“No, sir.” She didn’t bother smiling, that would have taken too much energy. “It’s only ten miles, no problem.” And it wouldn’t have been had it not been mostly uphill. Instead of focusing on her burning thighs, she stared at the shadows the leaves painted on the dirt trail.

Wherever they were making camp had better be worth it.

Somewhere between landing and the short drive, Captain Renault—who from this day forward would be called Lucifer—decided why drive when they could hump ten miles? Buttwipe.

Well, at least she wasn’t alone in her surprise or annoyance. Like seriously, who does that? Since she wasn’t a complete moron, she would have packed differently had she known a hump was in her future.

“Give me the radio.” Shane, who’d been bringing up the rear, walked up beside her and tugged on the strap of her pack.

“No, I’m good.” Never had she been under the impression that life was fair, but really? Why was she the only one sweating?

“Bullshit.” He shortened his strides and shook his head. “At least let me take some of the ammo off your hands.”

“I can’t let him win.” Shane really was a handsome man, with streaks of pale blond in his newly trimmed beard. Why couldn’t she have been attracted to him? He was sane—and nice. “But I do appreciate it.”

“No problem. We only have another couple of miles to go.” He laughed at her horrified expression.

“Do you think I’d spend much time in the brig for hitting him in the back of the head with one of these ammo belts?” She stepped over a log, and looked up to find not just Shane but also Jake grinning. “Oops, did I use my outside voice?”

“Yeah,” Bryce yelled over his shoulder, “you did.” He glared first at Shane, then her.

Crap.

She scrunched her face and sighed. There was no winning with that man, and she had no idea what she’d done to push him over the edge. Although Renault hadn’t said it, she had a feeling this little hike was to prove a point. When she peeked back up at Shane, he gave her a conspiratorial wink.

“You got this.” Shane nodded and pumped his massive fists.

“Obviously this is too easy for you ladies. Why don’t we pick up the pace?” Bryce jogged off, never looking back.

And she would know, because she watched his back until he disappeared into the trees. If she wasn’t struggling under the sixty pounds of gear on her back, and the twenty of ammo, she’d be good. Oh, she had no illusions that she could outrun and outfight these guys, but she’d be able to hold her own.

“What crawled up his ass?” Jake stopped walking and sat on a tree stump to wait for Candy and Shane. “Murphy, what the hell happened in that truck? He’s lost his damned mind.”

If misery loved company, then hers was dancing a jig.

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