Ty sat at his desk with his breakfast and coffee. His uncle sat nearby. “I’m glad you came, but what made you do that? You could have called.” “Yes, but I wanted to be able say Russell is full of crap because I saw it firsthand. Has he even tried to enter your territory?” “If you mean, has he called to talk to his daughter or come to the gate and demand to see her? Surprise, surprise, no, he hasn’t. He’d rather make a scene and terrorize others than actually find his daughter. It’s all for show. You know the way some are. ‘We’re all out of ideas, but haven’t tried anything. It’s hopeless.’ I’m not impressed with his actions, uncle. He’s leading no one and causing trouble everywhere he goes.” “I’m aware he tried to close the gas station. Something about them not paying taxes to the town and serving people from outside the town. In my opinion, I don’t see his logic. How are we to do business if people aren’t allowed into town because they don’t live in the area?
“I need you to look for something while you’re in his office. He appears to like his vacations messy, murderous, and highly illegal. Take pictures of them if you can or just take them. But if what Tyler says about one of them, the human authorities will want to know about it.” “Where in his office do I look for them? I can’t trash his office. I might be lucky if I have two minutes alone. If I’m lucky.” “Bottom right desk drawer. If that’s the case, just grab and get out of there as soon as possible. We need that information to track down his contacts. We think we can take at least one of these setups down and here’s hoping we can take down more.” “So, he’s feral enough to be a monster, but smart enough to hide his violent nature mostly by doing the deed in places where human law can’t touch him, and we can spot him.” “Well, now we know why he needs the money. These trips of his can’t be cheap.” “Russell’s a wolf shifter serial killer. I bet his Beta knows
“Rose, I’m glad I caught you. Do you have a minute? I need to talk to someone.” Rose stopped looking for Ty to shift her attention onto her friend Jules. “I was just looking for Ty to try and get a drive into town. What’s up?” “Well, that might be good. Look I was talking to Heather before she and her mates went for a run. She said she tried to call Amber, but she’s not picking up her calls. I’ve been trying all morning and I left a message, but nothing. Her social media has gone silent too. Should we check on her? If you’re going to town, I’d like to know that Amber is okay.” Rose could see how Jules worried, and she was just as concerned. It could be almost anything that stopped Amber from responding to her phone calls and voicemail. “Alright. I’ll bring it up to Ty as soon as I find him. But it could be anything. Remember the last time? She left her phone at the coffee shop, and the time before that her father took it to punish her.” Then there was the ent
Rose made sure that Heath had the letter and expressed direction on how to approach Amber. Amber may appear outgoing, but she wasn’t. Like all of them, they hid their true selves behind forceful personalities. It was too easy to fall prey to their parents’ wants, and those wants didn’t often benefit the girls. Jules, Heather, and Rose all knew Ty and their mates wanted them safe. They also wanted them happy. Those two wants were different wishes that could be difficult to juggle together. This was one of them. Rose would keep her phone charged in case they needed clarification or something to be finessed. Right now, Ty wouldn’t let Rose out of his sight. He’d locked them in the study for over an hour and done things to her that made her toes curl in pleasure. Once they were done, he’d switched to pack business. “I don’t see why we can’t have deliveries left at the gate. The guards can text in that something has arrived, then we send someone down to g
Ben got the job of leading the group into town, along with Jay as his second. They should catch alone no one and they didn’t need to hide their skills anymore. They knew Russell’s Beta was aware of their security and Ben was happy they intimidated the fool into being overly cautious, since the hunters went missing after they enter the Shadow Pack territory. “All right. We have our assignments. No one is ever alone. That means if you stop for a coffee and one of you goes to piss, you all go piss. Got it. No fatalities, otherwise, it’s no holds barred. Drop anyone who throws the first punch. They can start, but we end it. Questions before we split up?” He paused, use group text to get messages to everyone. Or call me as soon as you can if something starts. We all meet back here in ninety.” The men split up into groups of three. One group took the postal outlet, another the grocers and other local shops, and Ben with Jay and Heath took up finding out what was goi
Anita walked through the doors to the packhouse. She’d been summoned by Russell, and she could hear he was in fine form. That was never good. He was overly aggressive and violent when he was in this mood. She set her phone to record secretly. It would send the file once an hour to an email, so if she didn’t return, it would record her last moments until the battery died along with her. She found him smashing things in an old sitting room. He never entered this room. So many of the old Knick-knacks were intact. She could make out some of what he said. Something about giving away exactly what the lousy pup wanted and now he had traitors fleeing like rats on a sinking ship. Hunters coming out of the woodwork making demands they had no right to. Anita hadn’t said a word. Her phone was picking up everything. Gods, this was gold, and she’d not even said hello yet. There was no way he could claim they doctored this or led him astray with leading questions. She to
Heather couldn’t believe how freeing it was to just run free. No begging for time off work or needing an escort. Oh, she had an escort, two in fact, two horn dogs that just wanted a piece of her in the most delicious ways. That made her slow. Let them catch. She could do with a little something from them. She shifted into her human skin as she reached a warm sunny rock in a meadow. What a perfect day to frolic in a meadow with her two sexy mates. She slipped onto the rock enticingly as the two male wolves came into the meadow. She smiled at them and waved coyly at them. One foot slipped up on the rock close to her bum, letting them see what she was sure they wanted. Closing her eyes, she tipped her head back as she leaned on her elbows. Soon enough, two shadows fell over her. “I think our little mate needs something from us.” Mike said, grinning down at her. “Look at her display. Hmm... Looks pretty hot down there.” Jay leaned over and touched
Sure enough, Heath found Amber entering the salon, and she didn’t look happy. He almost swallowed his tongue when he entered the domain of the region’s female wolves. All eyes were on him instantly, but he only had eyes for Amber. Why she needed the salon was beyond him. He saw perfection in the fresh faced woman where she sat with her hands in something. He didn’t care about that detail. It muted even the scent of chemicals in the air to her beauty. “Are you lost?” He stood beside her, silent a little too long. Forcing her to ask the obvious question. “Right, the Luna and Female Beta of the Shadow pace could not reach you in the last few days and are concerned about your welfare. They sent me with a message and to find out if you are safe and well.” Gods, he got that all out without fumbling over his words. Score for him and not making a fool of himself. Amber took the letter from him. “Thank you. Will you wait for a reply then? Since I’m not allowed to