showed
up. I’d say two, maybe three to a snowmobile.”
Asher could hear them now approaching through
the trees. He had been so adamant in his anger for having to shift
he had failed to consider a backup plan just in case the old man
did betray him. Jaw tightening, Asher’s only thought was he hoped
they killed the old man in the process, for he surely would
now.
Sounds in the trees alerted him that someone
was nearing. Asher instinctively started to take cover until he
realized it wasn’t the snowmobiles yet, but instead it was Kennedy
in tiger form. Seeing them, she came to an abrupt stop and shook
the rats from her back.
They shifted simultaneously and headed for
them. The twins stayed back a few steps, taking shelter behind
Kennedy for protection. Asher had made a promise to her not to
punish the boy since he had come out of hiding long enough to aid
in Ari’s rescue, and he planned to hold true to that agreement, for
now.
“How far back are they?” Asher barked in a
cloud of white mist.
“Seven minute’s maybe, but they’re staying
close to the road,” Kennedy said. “I counted ten snowmobiles and
seventeen shifters in human-form. Two are women.”
Asher nodded, contemplating the information
as Kennedy gathered the twins at her sides to keep warm. Their
coats appeared to be too small, buttons straining at the top, and
left open entirely at the bottom. They wore no gloves or hats on
their heads. Their pale faces were red. Cade’s lips were turning
purple and Casin, still ashamed over the whole peeing incident,
averted her face entirely. In her barefaced stare, Kennedy’s anger
was apparent. It circled her body in a heated wave. She saw no
reason for him to have involved the twins.
“Shift back, follow the plan,” Asher told
them.
“What about your magic, Asher?” Nixon
asked.
“I still have plenty left,” he replied.
“Don’t worry about me. Just do as I said.” Asher started to close
his eyes to concentrate, when he caught Kennedy’s frown of
disapproval. Taking a giant step, he got up close and personal, his
face just inches from hers. “If you doubt in the least you will be
the only one putting the twins in danger. Is that understood?”
She nodded quickly, submissively, so he
stepped back and shifted into wolf form. When they still refused to
move, he barked a warning which distressed the twins into an
instant transformation as two small dark lumps dropped to the
ground. The boy was a black rat, the girl a brown rat but all he
could make out was two pink noses sticking up out of the snow.
“I will for Ari, no one else,” Kennedy stated
angrily. Transforming into the tiger, she lied down on her stomach
in the snow to allow the twins to climb on her back. Soon they were
lost in the thick coat of orange fur.
With the sound of the snowmobiles fast
approaching Asher descended down the hill with the tiger quickly
behind him. After a scan of the skies, he saw Nixon circling above
the wind, where the fowlers inside would have less of a chance to
pick up his scent. He was where he was supposed to be so Asher
centered his attention on the cabin.
He could only imagine the wicked scheming
that was going on inside. It took every ounce of his control not to
blast it into a fiery inferno. Ari was inside and he had to get him
out before he could take care of the enemy.
Near the edge of the trees, Asher dropped
down in the snow to wait and watch. The tiger crept silently around
to the side of the cabin. She chose a spot next to a woodpile and
lied down. Scurrying off her back the two rats disappeared behind
the wood only to reemerge once again along the base of the
structure. The boy was good at finding his way into secured places.
And if he couldn’t find a way in, then he would make one by gnawing
through the wood with his incisors. The girl would be his
lookout.
Several more snowmobiles arrived sending out
large clouds of snow as they skidded to a stop, parking randomly in
no apparent
up. I’d say two, maybe three to a snowmobile.”
Asher could hear them now approaching through
the trees. He had been so adamant in his anger for having to shift
he had failed to consider a backup plan just in case the old man
did betray him. Jaw tightening, Asher’s only thought was he hoped
they killed the old man in the process, for he surely would
now.
Sounds in the trees alerted him that someone
was nearing. Asher instinctively started to take cover until he
realized it wasn’t the snowmobiles yet, but instead it was Kennedy
in tiger form. Seeing them, she came to an abrupt stop and shook
the rats from her back.
They shifted simultaneously and headed for
them. The twins stayed back a few steps, taking shelter behind
Kennedy for protection. Asher had made a promise to her not to
punish the boy since he had come out of hiding long enough to aid
in Ari’s rescue, and he planned to hold true to that agreement, for
now.
“How far back are they?” Asher barked in a
cloud of white mist.
“Seven minute’s maybe, but they’re staying
close to the road,” Kennedy said. “I counted ten snowmobiles and
seventeen shifters in human-form. Two are women.”
Asher nodded, contemplating the information
as Kennedy gathered the twins at her sides to keep warm. Their
coats appeared to be too small, buttons straining at the top, and
left open entirely at the bottom. They wore no gloves or hats on
their heads. Their pale faces were red. Cade’s lips were turning
purple and Casin, still ashamed over the whole peeing incident,
averted her face entirely. In her barefaced stare, Kennedy’s anger
was apparent. It circled her body in a heated wave. She saw no
reason for him to have involved the twins.
“Shift back, follow the plan,” Asher told
them.
“What about your magic, Asher?” Nixon
asked.
“I still have plenty left,” he replied.
“Don’t worry about me. Just do as I said.” Asher started to close
his eyes to concentrate, when he caught Kennedy’s frown of
disapproval. Taking a giant step, he got up close and personal, his
face just inches from hers. “If you doubt in the least you will be
the only one putting the twins in danger. Is that understood?”
She nodded quickly, submissively, so he
stepped back and shifted into wolf form. When they still refused to
move, he barked a warning which distressed the twins into an
instant transformation as two small dark lumps dropped to the
ground. The boy was a black rat, the girl a brown rat but all he
could make out was two pink noses sticking up out of the snow.
“I will for Ari, no one else,” Kennedy stated
angrily. Transforming into the tiger, she lied down on her stomach
in the snow to allow the twins to climb on her back. Soon they were
lost in the thick coat of orange fur.
With the sound of the snowmobiles fast
approaching Asher descended down the hill with the tiger quickly
behind him. After a scan of the skies, he saw Nixon circling above
the wind, where the fowlers inside would have less of a chance to
pick up his scent. He was where he was supposed to be so Asher
centered his attention on the cabin.
He could only imagine the wicked scheming
that was going on inside. It took every ounce of his control not to
blast it into a fiery inferno. Ari was inside and he had to get him
out before he could take care of the enemy.
Near the edge of the trees, Asher dropped
down in the snow to wait and watch. The tiger crept silently around
to the side of the cabin. She chose a spot next to a woodpile and
lied down. Scurrying off her back the two rats disappeared behind
the wood only to reemerge once again along the base of the
structure. The boy was good at finding his way into secured places.
And if he couldn’t find a way in, then he would make one by gnawing
through the wood with his incisors. The girl would be his
lookout.
Several more snowmobiles arrived sending out
large clouds of snow as they skidded to a stop, parking randomly in
no apparent
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