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They didn’t know about shifters. Izzy could tell based on the fear in their expressions.
Izzy had the element of shock on his side. He was also faster than a human and he was way more pissed off. He roared as he knocked the guy with the gun to the dock, grabbing it when he lost his balance. Since he had one of the guys under control, he shifted one hand and killed them in quick succession.
He kept the gun.
His boys were close. He could smell them. He could sense Ulises’ magic. The scent of it was unique, as if he were something else other than a warlock. He smelled like rain, sunshine, vanilla and lemon, all mixed into one person.
Izzy growled when someone yelled. It sounded like Todd, but the yell didn’t contain pain. No, it sounded more like a war cry. And then Todd yelled, “You are dead men walking. Every last one of you.”
Amen to that.
When shots were fired, Izzy ran. He’d kept his cool up to that point. Well, mostly. He’d never once shown how much he panicked until the moment when he pictured his boys in a bloody heap dying from gunshot wounds.
That couldn’t be what had happened.Please. I can’t lose them.
Chapter Thirty-Three
Their kidnappers didn’t know what the dome was. They were fearful of it and approached it as if it were a sleeping bear. But they still approached.
Todd saw them as if the barrier didn’t exist. To him it was something that rippled whenever someone touched it and since there were eight people inside the dome and the space was limited, someone was always brushing against it.
They huddled together. Todd and Ulises didn’t want to wait for Izzy to save them. They’d already heard three shots. They could have all been for Izzy. Not that Todd wanted to think about Izzy being injured or worse.
A couple of the kidnappers ran out of the room after each shot. Three stayed behind.
Todd leaned into Ulises, whose dark eyes were round like saucers and his whole body shook as he pressed into Todd’s side. Todd kept an arm around him, making sure he knew he wasn’t alone, and that Todd was there with him.
Todd pressed his mouth to Ulises’ ear. He didn’t want anyone else to hear him, especially the guards but he also didn’t wantIzzy to worry so he didn’t want to converse through their bond link. “Can you make a hole big enough for my hand and maybe not noticeable? I want to see if I can grab one of their guns.”
Ulises shook his head.
“That’s okay, Ully. Can I get out then?”
Ulises shook his head even more then sighed. He closed his eyes and a small hole appeared near the center of the dome.
“Can they see me if I move?”
Ulises spoke into his ear. “They see a black cover. Like a perfectly round blanket.”
Except the guards had taken notice of the hole. Their curiosity made them bold and they crouched a bit to peer inside as they grew closer. One man kept his gun pointed at the dome as if ready to shoot if something happened.
It wasn’t how Todd envisioned them getting the upper hand. He had thought he’d have to wait for one of them to grow impatient, but their curiosity worked so much better.
Todd got to his feet, stepping over one of the other victims. Ulises gripped his arm until he was out of reach and then he put his hand to his mouth as if keeping the emotion bottled. It might spill out if he wasn’t careful.
Todd put a finger to his mouth and met everyone’s gaze. He settled on Ulises and winked, trying to let him know it would be okay.
Todd turned to the kidnapper again. He positioned himself so they wouldn’t see him through the hole, but he could grab the gun when the timing was right.
Two steps closer, asshole.
It didn’t take but a few seconds before his opportunity arose. His heart as he grabbed the barrel of the gun. He twisted the gun so far the barrel pointed toward the ceiling. The kidnapper cried out and had to let go or Todd would have broken his wrist.
Todd fumbled with the gun as he pulled it into the dome.
The other two bad guys fired at the dome, but nothing penetrated it.
“You are dead men walking. Every last one of you.”
