Chapter 2Ciar Moonlight watched the human enter the lion’s house. It had a key, and the rules said they couldn’t attack the one who had the key.
He turned to Draven. “Inform Thano.”
Draven hooted low before flapping his wings and leaving Ciar to guard the ranch on his own. He wasn’t on his own. The arrival of a human vehicle had everyone within miles moving in this direction. Crows landed silently in the trees after Draven had left. He never ate any of the Moonlight crows, but he had a reputation as the great crow killer, which made smaller bird shifters a little wary.
Ciar would’ve been wary, too. He didn’t want a taste of Draven’s claws or beak. It had happened often enough when they’d run around as youngsters, and then it had been playing. Some scrunched their noses at them. A panthe
