ompound. None of the shifters were nice enough to of

he wall of the Shifters Uni, then they drugged me

's son and split his lip since I refused to be his mate. While I was riding him, not in a s

hot me with enough dru

that special cell. So, no, I wasn't going to

Jason asked, arc

regular here," I s

plan to be,"

en," I shouted drily. "So I need to know if you know where we're going, and you mus

zed out of nowhere, their prese

heir military co

ld wave: how could just the two

I exclaimed in sheer desperation, "now's th

g in that infuriatingly arrogant way as he pulled me along at a b

god. If our circumstances hadn't been so dire, I might have stopped to appreciate his striking beauty, which stole

t sense their thrill at the chase, despite their anger; shifters thrived on pursuit, relishing the adren

as a thing

s before you do?" Jason shot back, irritation la

atch me, they'll just send me back to jail. I can survive a few more days in that hellhole

he interjected, his voi

d to be my enemy. The shifters were closing in, the sounds of their footsteps echoing like a drumbeat in my

ed, desperately scanning the are

's a supply room just ahead. If we can reach it, we

break in?" I pressed, pan

ut his confidence felt like

choing off the walls. They were enjoying the chase far too much. I stole a glance back, ca

ng myself to keep up wit

e a flicker of hope. "Just a little further!"

g it open. We dove inside, slamming the door shut just in time to

ther, we pushed a shelf against the door, our hear

coming in quick gasps as I lean

lies-everything from ropes to canned food. "Now we arm ourselves and figur

ugh me. We were far from safe, but

lity of our situation bore down on me like a weight. "If and whe

but it vanished as quickly as it appeared. "No one is getting left behind,"

ch? Just lea

rised that I'd offer

till get away. You came for me. I won't forg

," he said quietly, pain lac

wouldn't abandon me even when he could be killed. That was proba

This rescue mission was busted. It was a fool's errand in the first pl

bandon you," he hissed

t what

licious and alarming. The monster I'd felt inside me

wasn't? I perked up as s

, and I don't want you to be too cocky and get us killed. Let's live and d

ing to appeal to the shifters' better nature or demanding they set me free. The moment I had been dragged into this