Page 6 of Claimed By Her Monsters

“Shit,” I cursed and readied to sprint when men with guns came out of nowhere and pointed them in my direction.

“FREEZE!” they screamed.

“Pathetic,” I heard Fenriz declare, seconds before a wall of shadows shot up from the ground between us just in time to block out the ray of gunshots that ignited not a second later. “Go! You run the fastest!”

I couldn’t believe he remembered that, but I nodded and immediately began to sprint after the van while Atticus and Fenriz held back the humans and getting the remaining shifters to safety.

“I’ll catch up to you! Focus on getting the kid,”Atticus urged, his voice booming in my head.

Right!

The knowledge that I had backup was all I needed as I began to really sprint with all my strength. My breath was even my legs racing as they pushed against the pavement to further accelerate my pace, and my arms trekked up and down like I was an Olympic runner.

The world around me was becoming a blur as my eyes were on the prize ahead of me. They had to be driving at 100mph hour but I was managing to stay on their trail while I tried to figure out the safest way to get the child out of the car.

The back door swung open at that moment, and the sight of an AR-15 rifle pointing back at me only made me roll my eyes.

“Humans. Always playing fucking dirty!” I exclaimed in hopes they would hear my annoyed declaration as I outstretched my hands, which tingled with magic.

He started shooting, but the bullets didn’t have a chance to make it close to me before they exploded again and again, to the point that the last bullet almost exploded in the human’s face as he gasped and dropped the gun. It bounced off the road and went right off the side of the mountain.

“Y’all thought you could kidnap one of my pack children AND shoot at my best friend?!”

All I had to do was glance over my shoulder to see Natalia speeding past me on rollerblades, her hands, which were clasped together, igniting rows of flaming bullets that followed her approach.

“How about I return the fucking favor!”

This was my chance to get to the van. I jumped and created a shadow skateboard beneath my feet that I landed on before an intense gust of wind pushed me at full force — helping me close the remaining distance between myself and the opened back of the van.

“Drop down!” I told the wolf child, who immediately crouched to the floor just as I soared right into the back.

“Fuck! Intru—AH!” The man didn’t finish as I immediately kicked him in the face before grabbing a rifle from the opposite man in black and hitting him in the head with it. They both dropped to the ground just as the third guy, who tried to shake me, attempted to grab me, but I spun around and pointed the gun his way, causing him to immediately lift his arms as he attempted to back up.

But he obviously forgot that the van was wide open.

“AHHH!” The man not only fell back, but another gust of wind hit him with such force that he slid beneath the van before we drove onto a bump that sent the van out of control.

“Shit!” I was tossed to one side as the kid screamed and almost fell right out of the van. Luckily, I grabbed him with a rope made out of shadows. I tugged him with enough strength to bring him into my grasp before I rushed to the doors.

“Natalia!” I screamed and waited for her to lift her hands up in anticipation of catching the child before I tossed him in her direction. The kid screamed but was caught by Natalia not a second later before she cursed.

“Ness! Up ahead!”

All I could do was turn around and crouch down to attempt to see the front glass. My ears picked up on the panicked driver as he tried to get the van back in control.

“Those guys aren’t ours!”

“Fuck! They’re gonna shoot!”

I looked back at Natalia and screamed, “SHOOT!”

She didn’t hesitate. The flaming bullets that were meant to kill us were now the ammo she needed to strike at the two rows of men in black, who began to shoot at the van without remorse.

“Fuck,” I cursed and tried to run out of the van, but it suddenly jerked with enough force to send me off my feet, my body practically hovering in the air before the van began to spin.

“NESSA!” Natalia called out, but I couldn’t do anything but endure the ride as I was tossed like a rag doll, which made me hiss in pain as I bumped from wall to wall, floor to ceiling. I felt a bullet go right through my arm, making me hiss before another went through my right rib, but I couldn’t focus on any of that because the car suddenly jerked to the right with so much force that the windows shattered and the left side dented in — a clear indication we’d been hit by another car intentionally.

“AH! Jim! Fuck! The swamp! The fucking swamp! AHHH!”

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