Free Angel's Touch [PUP Squad Alpha 7] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Abby Blake Page A

might be able to blink in and out of places without being seen by humans, but it would be stupid and possibly life threatening to blink into an area full of paranormals hoping to kill her.
    Fortunately, Jed and a human Lilly didn’t recognize came in the front door a moment later. They both looked relieved to see West in his human-shaped form, but Lilly didn’t give Jed a chance to ask questions. She grabbed him and blinked them into Hannah’s living room.
    Eric leapt from the chair he’d been in, ready to defend himself.
    “Eric,” Jed said as the bear-shifter watched them warily. “West has been injured. He needs a blood transfusion.”
    The man didn’t waste time asking questions. He grabbed a black leather bag that looked like an old-fashioned doctor’s bag and moved to stand in front of them. Lilly grabbed his hand and blinked the three of them back to the safe house where Devlin, West, and Hannah waited for them.
    “What happened?” Eric asked, glancing at the pool of blood on the floor, before stepping around it to get to where West was sitting now.
    “Same old, same old,” West said with a smile on his face. Whatever Devlin was doing seemed to be helping, but West still looked very pale.
    “I’ve managed to heal the internal injuries,” Devlin said in a rough voice. “But a transfusion will get him back on his feet faster.”
    Eric nodded, grabbed his bag, and started pulling out medical supplies. “Fortunately, cousin,” he said in a jovial tone, “the one thing we have in common, besides Hannah, is our blood type. You’ll be fighting fit in no time.”
    “‘Fighting fit’ might be a very apt choice of words,” the man Lilly didn’t recognize said as he hung up his cell phone. “I just got off the phone with Brody. It looks like West was attacked by warlocks. Brody, Ronan, and Benjamin managed to apprehend two of them.” He looked like he was grinding his teeth together. “Ava helped.” He took a deep breath as if trying to get past the idea of the woman—his wife perhaps?—putting herself in the line of fire. “At least a dozen were able to open bounce tunnels and escape. The bastards can’t get past the wards or use their magic inside Sugarvale, so they’ve resorted to using human weapons. At least four other explosive rounds were shot into the town limits of Sugarvale. Fortunately, all except the one that hit West fell short, but it’s only a matter of time before they get their hands on rocket launchers or antiaircraft weapons. There’s no way to protect a town from those types of weapons.”
    “Yes, there is,” Hannah and Lilly said at the same time. Lilly wasn’t even certain where the knowledge had come from, but she somehow knew that it was possible.
    “We need to get back to Sugarvale,” Hannah said, glancing around the group, maybe even daring the men to argue with her. When they didn’t agree or object, she nodded at Lilly. “You better drive,” she said with a wink. “I’m not sure how to navigate this new skill just yet.”
    Lilly placed her hand on West’s shoulder and grabbed Hannah with the other. She blinked them into the room where she’d found Eric and immediately returned to the safe house. Neither Devlin nor Jed looked pleased that she’d gone without them, the theory proven a moment later when they both grabbed a hold of her as she blinked Eric back to Sugarvale.
    “Go back and get Nathan, Thomas, and Samuel,” Devlin said quickly, nodding to Jed to go with her. “Right at this moment, you’re our only way to get people into and out of town without anyone noticing.”
    She nodded her understanding, leaned up to kiss him quickly, and then blinked back to the safe house to do as he’d asked.
     
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    “Hannah,” Devlin said as he checked over West’s wound, making sure that the “blink” travel, as Lilly seemed to have named it, hadn’t reopened his wounds. “Can you explain what we need to do to protect the town from heavy