Sure enough, the mage portals allowed most of their people and those no longer human victims to leave peacefully. They left those who could clearly reintegrate into the human world easily because everyone know it would be awhile before it would no longer be a disaster or nightmare for those involved. Rob watched the fool he assumed was Becky’s ex-father-in-law pull a handgun on one wolf. Speed, surprise, and fear all worked against him. A single swipe of an extremely large paw knocked the handgun behind a heavy row of filing cabinets. His claws left several gashed on his forearm as well. He then folded in on himself from the pain and fear. Rob’s interest in the threats that spewed from Becky’s ex-husband was of no interest to him. There was no reason to care about him until later when some fool human stupidly took his excuses and accusations seriously. Rob hoped he sprinkled in enough threats to trigger the red flags that these two were criminally insane. The vam

“Wolversen? As in Wolversen Industries… Of course, wolf. You are familiar with the Wolversen company?” “What you should ask if I as an Alpha am familiar with Alpha Gregory Wolversen and his pack, the Black River Pack? You’ll probably be dealing with his mother when he arrives. Edith Wolversen is the Ambassador for the Wolf Shifters on the North American Ruling Council. But we need to get back to the matter at hand. We’ve removed the victims or test subjects you won’t be equipped to handle. They equip our facilities to handle far more oddities and anomalies. But as a measure of good faith, those that can return to their families after they receive care from your people are here. We aren’t the heartless monsters.” “May I ask why you are covered in blood?” “Multiple reasons. We tried to keep the death to a minimum, but there was one that needed to be removed because your people didn’t manage him properly and endangered someone very close to me.”

Rob thought things were over. Because he assumed the rogues that attacked him worked for Hectric. But that was only part of the truth. Hectric hired the rogues to deal with shifter interference. They’d promised the rogues that they’d have free rein to do as they please once they dealt the local shifters with. Becky had messed them up when she’d hauled his furry butt off the highway. Instead of becoming a test subject for Hectric and disappearing off the face of the earth, Rob got a second chance to fight back. The rogues weren’t in the town or the lab. Well, most of them were, but there were a few, and it would be interesting to see have NARC handled dealing with those pathetic wretches. When Rob and company finally returned to the pack house, it was to insanity. Every television was on and playing a different news broadcast. It was all special reports and exclusive breaking news. The humans were having a heyday, trying to debunk what every supernatura

Grace was up to her eyeballs in the strangest requests from colleagues in the field. Colleagues who wouldn’t even acknowledge her a few days ago. Her old boss, the jerk, wanted her to introduce others to her contacts and connections. He’d inferred if she did this, she might get her old job back. Of course, the people he wanted her to introduce around were all male. She was livid, and so she lay down her own sets of conditions. Conditions that she’d not expected to see in the light of day. Her blog got traction as soon as she opened up about what was happening there and that she knew things because she was at ground zero with firsthand knowledge. Of course it worked. The inquiries were coming in. Jane Ann and Becky helped her field them. The coffee shop waitress even called Becky to tell her that people were stopping in and asking questions about what was going on. Others wanted to set up a meeting with Grace for an interview. There were man

“Do you really believe we should hide in your apartments while everyone gets ready for a practical invasion of judgemental humans?” “Well, you aren’t nice to your own species, Becky.” Rob laughed as he settled down on a chair with her in his lap. “I’m serious Rob. I know how mean and unforgiving some humans can be. The judge people, situations, and things very harshly. The average human sums up a stranger within the first fifteen seconds of knowing them. Fifteen seconds. That’s not a very long time. I’ve been on the wrong end of being judged several times in my life, and it was horrible.” “I’ll take it under advisement. But we don’t have anyone that worked on nullifying the lab working no preparing for the visit. You don’t need to worry. We will be nice to them but careful as well so that they won’t take advantage of us. The pack is not full of gullible people. I am confident that Jane Ann and Jon can deal with anything that crops up. But we need to