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do.”
    Chen smiled. Talan had refused to let Adrian come because his impulsive wolf could’ve got hurt. He’d reasoned the smaller the group, the better their chances. Adrian had reluctantly agreed.
    “Are we done chatting?” Lou growled. The bear shifter had a wild glint in his eye as if he were ready to run down there and get his mate back.
    “Sorry.” Chen turned to his nest mate. “Ready?”
    Marlen nodded. They started to remove their clothing. Andrew grabbed them before they had more than their shirt off. “What are you doing?”
    “We can’t exactly shift with our clothes on, the shirt alone would weigh us down,” Chen explained trying to keep his patience. “You’ve been around shifters before.”
    “Yeah, sorry.” Andrew glared at the other shifters.
    Talan raised his hands. “We’re turning.” He motioned towards the others.
    Amid rolled eyes and good-natured ribbing, the other two men turned around.
    “Now you can strip down,” Andrew announced.
    “You’ll have to get used to this eventually,” Marlen said.
    “Maybe. Or maybe you’ll just have to get used to changing in our bedroom then flying off,” Andrew countered.
    Chen planted a hard kiss on Andrew’s lips. “We’ll be right back, beloved.”
    Reaching into his mind, he transformed. After trilling to Marlen, he flew away.
    The motel showed sign of age. The cheery paint job didn’t cover the fact the building was maybe a year or two from falling apart completely. He settled on an overgrown rose bush outside a window and peered inside the gap in the curtain.
    A vibration on his branch heralded Marlen’s landing.
    He chirped quietly in greeting, not wanting to draw too much attention.
    Hopping closer to the window, he peered inside. James lay on one of the double beds, one woman sat on the other. Where had the other gone?
    “Gotcha,” a female voice said right before the world went dark.
    Marlen screeched beside him. Chen tumbled through the air, crashing into a cloth barrier that smelt of cotton. They’d been captured. Marlen slammed into him. Before he could get his bearings, they were carried away. The sound of a door closing alerted them that they’d been carried inside the motel room. She must’ve used a pillowcase to capture them—they’d been foolish to not have heard her coming. They’d become too cocky about not being detected. They’d forgotten that James’ ex knew they were wrens.
    “Is that them?” a different female voice asked.
    “Yes, foolish birds. Just so you know, I’ve tied this off with rope. If you transform, you might hurt yourself.” Juliet’s tone indicated she hoped they would attempt the transformation.
    “How many people do you think they brought with them?” the unknown female asked.
    Juliet shrugged. “Who cares? James isn’t a proper lion, so he has no pride to back him up. Only his father is going to miss him and Andrew will do anything I want while I hold James and his mates hostage. He’ll be putty in my hands.” She purred.
    Chen screeched his anger. Now that they’d captured them, he didn’t need to be quiet.
    “Hush or I’ll eat you!” Juliet growled.
    He held back the angry barrage of scolding chirps he wished to give. There wouldn’t be much time before their lover came for them. It didn’t occur to him even once that Andrew wouldn’t try to rescue them.
    A loud roar startled them.
    Talan.
    “I thought you said he’d be agreeable. What are we going to do with an unconscious man? We can’t exactly drag him home on the plane,” the unknown lion said.
    The wrens were plopped down on a hard surface, the woman indifferent to their care.
    “I said he’d do it. I didn’t say he wouldn’t need persuading,” Juliet said.
    The sound of a slap and someone hitting the wall had Chen wincing.
    “We can’t keep him drugged forever! We need a male to inseminate our girls, but you had to have a gay son.” Loud snaps indicated bones were being broken. The still unnamed