chapter 29

“Lola? Lola, it’s time to wake up,” a gentle voice called.

My eyes fluttered open and I saw Sheila sitting on her cot. She stretched, lifting her arms above her head. “You were out.”

Surprisingly, I slept like the dead. I didn’t even remember falling asleep and I’d had no dreams. I rubbed my eyes, then sat up and stretched before standing up. “How long were we asleep?”

“Few hours,” she said.

My stomach growled and I covered it with my hand.

Sheila laughed. “Let’s find some dinner.”

I pulled on my combat boots, which looked amazing with the shorts Sheila procured for me, and then the two of us emerged from her tent. The sky was purple and I couldn’t even see the sun anymore. It was that magical time of evening right before it changed from day to night.

There had been people around the common area every time I’d passed through, but as we got closer, I realized I’d only seen a fraction of the shifters who lived here.

There were easily a hundred or more shifters gathered around the massiv