Huddling into the blanket that was her only covering, she watched on. Partly in awe, partly in disapproval. Something was going on here, some undercurrent. One, she’d expected them to shift. Two, Mars was baiting Jackson, and when that bait wasn’t snatched, he was relishing each hit he managed to send the other man’s way.
The Prez seemed to take one too many elbows to the nose because a growl rumbled along the airwaves and suddenly, where there'd been a rangy, lean and tall man, there was a huge bear. A grizzly like Mars.
Beside the bear, Mars looked small. Jackson was nearer nine feet in this form, and his weight was substantial. It was like seeing Jack beside the giant, and Annette felt fear flood her for the first time… why hadn’t Mars shifted yet?
She gulped back her fright, until K
