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Pablo led the way out, through another door and around to a back hall More gunfire sounded, and over it caer and Ronan Maria wanted to run and ht, but Ellison steered her firht in the kitchen Ellison shoved Maria down behind a counter and shifted into the state betolf and human as more of Bradley’s mercs opened fire on thenized as aback Pablo joined the under their fire to tackle one of Bradley’s mercs

Maria crawled behind the counter to the door, then sprinted out Another two , both unare doors open, a gray Cadillac e

She’d dropped her weapon when the other rabbed it on the way out, giving it to one of his men in the kitchen who’d run out of ammo Now Maria could only stand helplessly and watch the car co away, but what could she do?

The answer cah the house, vibrating it like a small earthquake

Maria had heard it once before, a lion’s roar The lion Shifter that bounded toward the car was Dylan, black e in his white blue eyes He roared again, an alpha th Behind him came Spike, his naked human form covered with tats, and another black-maned lion--Sean Sean was followed by a wolf that looked like Ellison, only a little smaller and finer boned

The wolf stopped beside Maria, then it froze as the Cadillac accelerated, swerving to avoid the Shifters Maria saw Bradley behind the wheel, his face still expressionless, his glasses shining

Beside Maria, the wolf’s shape distorted and jerked, a Shifter changing before it wanted to It rose into the form of Deni, who stared at the car, her face set in horror

"That’s the one," Deni said, her voice barely a whisper "That’s the car that hitwith Pablo, had run up to Maria’s side in tie in his wolf’s eyes

He burst away and charged the the car, sla it to turn Sean ran and leapt, landing on the car’s trunk, and Dylan planted hi the air

Bradley jerked the car sideways, tires sliding, choking dust rising high His hand spun the wheel until the car caht for Maria and Deni

Ellison and Dylan tried to sprint ahead of it, Sean clies in the car’s body

Deni, rabbed both women to yank theun out of Pablo’s hands, aih the windshield and into Bradley’s head

The car kept co them out of the way The car rushed past theas, and crashed, head-on, into the house