into hands with fingers.
Another very loud growl and the back legs also started to stretch outward, the paws turning into feet. All the black hair seemed to recede into the body and flesh replaced it. Right before her eyes, the very big cat turned into a man and he now lay face down on the ground, his body glistening in the moon light.
When his head rose up, Alesha didn’t hold back her cry of relief. “Jonah!” The tears came and she didn’t have the strength to hold them back.
He pushed himself up off the ground, and rushed to her, naked. “Are you okay?” he asked as he started to work on her wrists.
“No,” she sobbed. “What’s going on? He—he killed your butler.”
“I know.” Once he had her wrists free, Jonah pulled her into his arms, and she went willingly. “It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay.”
“No, no, it’s not.” She pulled back and looked him in the eye. “He said there was a sixth. A sixth family. What’s that mean?”
“Sixth?” Jonah frowned. “There’s no sixth, only five.”
“He said the Five destroyed his family.”
Jonah pulled her back into his arms, “Shhh. I’ll figure this out, but first let’s get you out of here. He’s hurt, not dead so he could come back if he wanted to.”
Jonah ended up carrying her all the way to her uncle’s place. Garek saw them coming from the back door. He held it open and Jonah went inside, right up the stairs to the third floor where Ashley paced anxiously.
Garek found some clothes for Jonah.
Jonah turned to Garek with conviction. “I’ll be back in a bit.”
Jonah leaned down kissing Alesha on the top of her head and left the room.
* * * *
Jonah didn’t like letting Alesha out of his arms, or his sight, but he needed to have a word with Ghost. On the second floor, Garek followed him to the room.
“Your father is on his way,” Garek said.
“I’ll be down after I talk with Ghost first. How is he?”
“Grumpy. Won’t let him leave, not until he can shift and that won’t happen until he fully heals. The shots I gave him will help him rest, speed that up.”
“Good. My gut is telling me that we’re going to need him very soon.”
Jonah walked into the room and closed the door. Ghost was sitting up in the bed, and like Garek said, he looked like he was in a pissy mood. “Okay, spill it. I know you know something.”
“Yeah, you look like shit.”
Ghost was the same age as Jonah, had the same build, but that was about it. His complexion was much darker since he spent so much time out in the woods in the sun, but when he shifted, he was a beautiful white jaguar with the faintest of black spots and bright blue eyes. An albino of sorts. In human form, he had dark golden locks that were always in his face and a two-day growth on his face. He always dressed like a mountain man. Leather pants and a fur vest with thick boots. That was it, even in the winter.
Ghost was a loner and could be one mean ass son of a bitch, which had Jonah really wondering how anyone could sneak up and slice him like that.
“Don’t give me your shit, Ghost. I just fought with a rogue that killed Jonesy and took my mate. I heard you say something about a sixth and she said the same thing to me a bit ago. What is this fucking sixth bullshit?”
Ghost turned his cool blue eyes on Jonah. “You really don’t know, do you?”
“Know what?” Jonah snapped.
“I don’t know it all, or really that much, just enough to get tossed on my own and told to keep my mouth shut.”
“What’d you mean? You were kicked out of your home for this?”
Ghost rolled his eyes and looked down. “I’m tired of keeping his secrets. Fuck him, and fuck the others too. There was a sixth family. I don’t know much about them, only that they did something to really piss our grandfathers off. I mean so bad that if you haven’t
Another very loud growl and the back legs also started to stretch outward, the paws turning into feet. All the black hair seemed to recede into the body and flesh replaced it. Right before her eyes, the very big cat turned into a man and he now lay face down on the ground, his body glistening in the moon light.
When his head rose up, Alesha didn’t hold back her cry of relief. “Jonah!” The tears came and she didn’t have the strength to hold them back.
He pushed himself up off the ground, and rushed to her, naked. “Are you okay?” he asked as he started to work on her wrists.
“No,” she sobbed. “What’s going on? He—he killed your butler.”
“I know.” Once he had her wrists free, Jonah pulled her into his arms, and she went willingly. “It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay.”
“No, no, it’s not.” She pulled back and looked him in the eye. “He said there was a sixth. A sixth family. What’s that mean?”
“Sixth?” Jonah frowned. “There’s no sixth, only five.”
“He said the Five destroyed his family.”
Jonah pulled her back into his arms, “Shhh. I’ll figure this out, but first let’s get you out of here. He’s hurt, not dead so he could come back if he wanted to.”
Jonah ended up carrying her all the way to her uncle’s place. Garek saw them coming from the back door. He held it open and Jonah went inside, right up the stairs to the third floor where Ashley paced anxiously.
Garek found some clothes for Jonah.
Jonah turned to Garek with conviction. “I’ll be back in a bit.”
Jonah leaned down kissing Alesha on the top of her head and left the room.
* * * *
Jonah didn’t like letting Alesha out of his arms, or his sight, but he needed to have a word with Ghost. On the second floor, Garek followed him to the room.
“Your father is on his way,” Garek said.
“I’ll be down after I talk with Ghost first. How is he?”
“Grumpy. Won’t let him leave, not until he can shift and that won’t happen until he fully heals. The shots I gave him will help him rest, speed that up.”
“Good. My gut is telling me that we’re going to need him very soon.”
Jonah walked into the room and closed the door. Ghost was sitting up in the bed, and like Garek said, he looked like he was in a pissy mood. “Okay, spill it. I know you know something.”
“Yeah, you look like shit.”
Ghost was the same age as Jonah, had the same build, but that was about it. His complexion was much darker since he spent so much time out in the woods in the sun, but when he shifted, he was a beautiful white jaguar with the faintest of black spots and bright blue eyes. An albino of sorts. In human form, he had dark golden locks that were always in his face and a two-day growth on his face. He always dressed like a mountain man. Leather pants and a fur vest with thick boots. That was it, even in the winter.
Ghost was a loner and could be one mean ass son of a bitch, which had Jonah really wondering how anyone could sneak up and slice him like that.
“Don’t give me your shit, Ghost. I just fought with a rogue that killed Jonesy and took my mate. I heard you say something about a sixth and she said the same thing to me a bit ago. What is this fucking sixth bullshit?”
Ghost turned his cool blue eyes on Jonah. “You really don’t know, do you?”
“Know what?” Jonah snapped.
“I don’t know it all, or really that much, just enough to get tossed on my own and told to keep my mouth shut.”
“What’d you mean? You were kicked out of your home for this?”
Ghost rolled his eyes and looked down. “I’m tired of keeping his secrets. Fuck him, and fuck the others too. There was a sixth family. I don’t know much about them, only that they did something to really piss our grandfathers off. I mean so bad that if you haven’t
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