Freeing A Lion: BBW Paranormal Lion Shape Shifter Romance (Sleeping Lions - Shifters Prime Book 2) by Harmony Raines

onto lions. Now that was a sight she would keep with her forever.
    They turned and walked down to the checkpoint, the second guard appearing with a small hand-held device. She turned and walked away, climbing the hill back towards her car. Only when she looked up did she see another car had pulled up next to it. Her heart lurched, but then the vehicle moved on and she relaxed.
    Reaching her car, she turned, leaning against it and looked down at the border, seeing Daniel and Lea talking to the guards. One of the guards held the small device to Lea’s neck and pressed it. Lea flinched and then put her hand up to the spot as if she had been stung. The guard then looked at the device. Lottie held her breath.
    Satisfied, the guard moved to Daniel, and repeated the process. Lottie couldn’t breathe. If he was stopped and Lea went through, what would happen then? For the longest time the guard checked the device. Lottie could do nothing but stand and watch. Then a car drew up, blocking her view.
    She took a step to the right, and watched, her whole attention centred on Daniel. The guard was speaking to him, was that good? She couldn’t tell, but then Daniel and Lea were walking towards the gate. Above them, a guard trained a gun on them, a surreal sight.
    In her peripheral vision, Lottie was aware of a car door opening and a man getting out. She looked at him suspiciously, but then he held a map out to her and said, “Can you tell me where Carrington Road is? I’m lost.”
    “Sorry,” she said, “I’m not from around here.”
    “Really? Oh. That is a pity. Only my GPS is on the blink. Maybe if you look at it, you can tell me where Carrington Road is.” He indicated the GPS on his dashboard.
    “I don’t know how it works,” she said, walking another step away to watch Lea and Daniel. They had nearly reached the other side and she felt happy, so happy.
    “Charlotte. Why don’t you just get in the car?”
    Her head snapped round, and she looked at him, and his gun, which was pointing out from under his coat. Dread filled her. “How did you find me?”
    “The TV. You shouldn’t make the news if you want to stay hidden,” he sneered.
    “But how did you follow me here?” she asked trying to buy some time and think through what she was supposed to do. If she got in the car, she was as good as dead. Ironic that she had released Lea and Daniel from their prison and now she was going to end up caged in a car and then driven to a secluded spot where she would end up dead.
    “Your credit card, your phone. Once we had you on our radar, well, it’s not hard. So get in the car.” He motioned once more to the car, using his gun to threaten her.
    Guns. She had an idea. It wasn’t perfect, but it was the only way.
    One loud scream, to get the border guards’ attention, and then she ran for the border, the guards looking up and aiming their guns at her.
    “He’s one of them,” she shouted as she ran towards the guards. “He’s a wolf and he said he was going to eat me!” It was lame but it was all she had.
    One of the guards came towards her; the other was speaking on his radio. She had no idea what her assailant was doing, but no shot rang out and she hoped he had been scared off.
    Ahead of her, the guards waited, and behind them she could see Daniel and Lea; he had turned back, looking to see what the problem was. She didn’t want that, didn’t want them to be in danger because of her.
    “Ma’am. You need to stop right there, Ma’am,” one of the guards said, and she saw his hand resting on his gun.
    “The guy, he had a gun,” she said, turning to look back up the hill, but the car had gone, no one was there.
    “We’ve called for backup,” the other guard said. “Someone will escort you away from the border.”
    They were twitchy, both of them looking around, and the guard on the tower aimed his gun their way. The danger crowded in on her. And then behind her, Daniel and Lea approached.
    “You should