“Why? Why?” She screeched the words, and Kieran winced, but she also moved from Lucas to where he lay, and stood over him. “My father was a fox. You know what I inherited from him? This.” She grabbed a handful of red hair and pulled on it.
“They said I was some kind of throwback. I didn’t inherit any shifter ability. Can you imagine what it was like? I didn’t belong in anyone’s world, not human, not shifter. But I can sing. That got me a place where I belonged. Or at least, I thought it had.”
Kieran blinked furiously, tears were the recommended way to clear the pepper spray. His vision was fuzzy, but thankfully he hadn’t breathed the stuff. Kimberly was staring at her cattle prod, as if she’d forgotten both him and Lucas. However, as far as Kieran was concerned she was a threat to his ma
