Free Sharp Change by Milly Taiden

my sister why someone got hurt and make her feel like it’s her fault. So bring your asses back here in one piece.”
     
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    Sitting off to one corner at The Back Door with a couple of beers in front of them, Chase and River watched two of their pack members come toward their booth.
    Riel and Seff slid into the booth across from River and Chase. Both were enforcers, but Seff tended to be a bit more strict and military, while Riel was a fun-loving guy who always got his job done.
    Seff glanced from River to Chase and leaned forward on the table. “You needed to see us?”
    “Yes, I need you both to get some information for me. I want to know who’s in charge of the research facility, in front and behind the scenes. Shifter, human, witch, demon, everyone. I need this yesterday.”
    Riel’s brows lifted at the request, while Seff looked like he had been expecting it.
    “Any particular reason?” The younger wolf queried.
    River jumped in to answer. “Yes, my sister-in-law is the head researcher and top geneticist. Way too smart for her own good since she figured out how to suppress the shifting gene in our DNA.”
    Seff had a look of stunned disbelief.
    “Why the hell would she do that? Is she crazy?” Riel burst out unthinking.
    “My mate,” Chase stated, “was trying to do something nice by giving Julia the choice of changing back.”
    Seff stared at his leader unwavering. “There’s something else though, isn’t there?”
    “Yes. In the process of separating the DNA strands she…had an accident. Sophia is now a dual shifter. She has two different female animals inside.”
    With their collective indrawn breaths he knew they were taken aback.
    Seff seemed to recover first from his shock. “Two different breeds? And are they both alphas?”
    “Yes. Apparently the pure cat and wolf strands bonded with her DNA so seamlessly it’s like she was born a pure blood shifter. Both animals seem to be getting along. I’m not sure how long that’s going to last though.”
    His fear was that the stress on her body by her new physiology would kill her. The animals inside her were powerful and drained a lot of energy.
    “So you’ve mated this woman?” Seff asked.
    “Yes, her name is Dr. Sophia Reese. You’ll both get an e-mail with her file so you can acquaint yourselves with her information.” He ran a hand over the back of his neck and thought of Sophia’s exhausted form. She was pale and had already lost weight.
    “Don’t worry Chase, we’ll find out what’s going on at the lab right away.” Seff grasped his forearm.
    “There’s another thing. Four hyenas attacked us inside the lab when I took her to retrieve her research. Unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to grab it, since her system was resetting after they tried to tamper with it. It meant we would have had to wait around, and I didn’t want to take the chance with her there in case any others showed up.”
    “Can we try to get the stuff ourselves?” Riel asked.
    “No. She’s got multiple backup security measures that go into play when someone tries to tamper with her vault.”
    “Vault? I had no idea she was so paranoid about her work,” River said.
    “It looked like a bank vault, but she said it was cold storage and files. Apparently she’d had it specially made when she joined the facility.” Chase picked up the beer that was sitting in front of him and took a sip. It had lost the cold crisp taste. He put it down. “Anyway, that’s all we have for now. I’m sure someone in that lab knows something and I want to know what’s going on.” He growled and fisted his hands on the table.
    All three men nodded their heads.
    River cleared his throat and caught their attention. “Sophia is presently with Julia at Chase’s. Chase and I will be taking turns with the women, while we dig around to find out more about these hyenas and hopefully find out who’s behind them. Call either of us as soon as you know anything.”
    Chase’s