Page 46 of Rhaz's Redemption
“Mot!” Rhaz cursed.
“What is it?”
I looked again and saw something large moving in the shadows but it still hadn’t come into view.
“Gil, the big shifter I was telling you about. I think he’s here.”
“Shit,” I cursed under my breath. That wasn’t good.
Then the ground shook and a blue sirret male who looked to be about fifteen feet tall stepped out into the dim morning light.
Everyone stood unmoving as he narrowed his eyes at us in disapproval. One strong hit from this male could send a person flying. Two hits could easily kill a full-grown man.
He was big, but his features were more soft than scary. His wide purple eyes seemed curious, and complimented his proudnose and full lips. His hair was long and wild, giving him the appearance of a blue Tarzan.
“Let’s keep moving,” I heard Sozu whisper. Him, Talia, Jax, and Sarah all jumped down from the wall and out of my line of vision.
“Stop!” The big blue male said in a deep voice that rumbled through the ground.
“I won’t let you kidnap the females again.”
“Kidnap?” I heard a voice that sounded like Sozu’s.
Rhaz, Brexl, and myself all ran toward the wall and quickly climbed to the top to see what was happening.
“We aren’t kidnapping them. They belong in our-”WACK.
Gil backhanded Sozu before he could finish his sentence and sent him flying. He landed hard against a tree and didn’t get up.
Jax gritted his teeth at the sight of his best friend on the ground and shifted into his bird form. But Gil wasn’t paying attention to him. He wasn’t paying attention to anyone but Anusha.
His eyes locked onto hers and he stopped mid step as if she’d cast a spell on him. It was incredible to see such a big male so affected by such a small human.
“Come on. Let’s get out of here.” Fatima tugged on Anusha’s arm and together they started to run.
That was a mistake. Gil let out a pained howl and stepped toward Fatima and Anusha. Zander saw this as a threat and shifted in his phoenix form and started pelting Gil with fireballs formed from the palms of his hands.
Gil turned his attention on the offending male and balled up all four of his fists. He swung and one hit Zander dead on. He fell to the ground and began to crawl to get away.
Gil approached him to finish the job when Jax flew in and let out a screech that only his shifter form could unleash. Icovered my ears and prayed that my eardrums wouldn’t burst. The sound he made was both powerful and awful. A deadly combination.
Gil also covered his ears and looked like he wanted to run. His eyes roamed over the landscape until he found Anusha again. He grabbed my friend in one of his four huge hands and then disappeared into the forest.
I watched as his back blended in with the trees until the big male had completely vanished from sight and realized Anusha was…gone. Just like that my quiet friend had been taken by a stranger and none of us were equipped to get her back. Not right now. Not when we were trying to flee this place.
I turned my attention back to our own people as Rhaz helped me down from the wall. Thankfully Sozu was alive, but badly hurt. Talia helped him up and Jax carried him over his shoulder.
Fatima checked on Zander who had also been knocked out, but as soon as she tried to help him up, another male burst out from the treeline and grabbed her. It was hazy and I couldn’t be certain, but it looked like Drelic.
Rhaz tugged on my hand and we were just about to start running again when a familiar red shadowy mist appeared before us. The mist materialized into Dameron.
He looked around clearing and frowned. I don’t think he had anticipated Gil leaving as quickly as he did. The rest of our dekes was getting away. Even Zander was being carried over Axon’s shoulder toward the forest. They were too strong and too fast for Dameron’s hunters to fight them off, and he didn’t have Tabby as a bargaining chip to hold them back.
“You two are coming with me,” he growled.
Rhaz picked me up and threw me over his shoulder. He tried to run, but then Dameron’s mist was enveloping us both and carrying us above the ground. It was like being suspended inair without any gravity. Our movements were chaotic and not at all useful.
We stayed like that for a few long moments before the mist disappeared to reveal a small cabin in a deep ravine.
