Chapter 18The roar was the signal Finneus had told him to look out for. The adults Gavin assumed were Vicky’s parents ran from the back door, and after they left Gavin barreled into the room, shifting into his lion form as he sprung through the doorway. He’d been shirtless and shoeless in anticipation, but the pants he wore shredded beneath the sudden alteration and fell to pieces on the kitchen tile. Finneus had sacrificed a full suit; he could hear the sound of claws skidding across wood and the snarls of two adult lions locked in conflict.
On all fours, thick padded feet passing from tile to wood, Gavin burst into the living room to find Finneus and Lewis grappling. Finneus was the smaller of the pair, his golden fur and light mane so much like Gavin’s own. The family resemblance guara
