“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

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

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

Alpha Higgins received the last message from Anita just before he got the message that Russell was dead. His second called Alpha Higgins with the news. Some time in the evening, Russell succumbed to poison in his office. They suspected he had died by his own hand when his lover ended their relationship that day. He knew that was a lie. Russell didn’t care about relationships of any sort. But if they believed that, or wanted others to. Then who was he to question it? Now they had hunters and Jack himself to deal with. Jack was by far the worst of the two men. He did his own dirty work. Since, Russell’s daughter was mated to an alpha of a different pack, Jack would be Alpha next. If Jack died, then Tyler would gain the chance to be the alpha of the Hollow Wood Pack. Jack knew that and would be on alert for murder plots and such. “Do you know where your daughter is yet?” Jack wasn’t at the town meeting with Russell, and no one knew where he was at the t

Jules was now on pins and needles. There was no way to know what her father would do as alpha. If he thought for a minute that Tyler or Ben were a threat to his control of the pack, he’d not hesitate to attack them. With the rumours that Hollow Wood Pack members were inquiring about leaving the pack for another. She feared he’d try to punish people or start a war. Rose’s father was dead, and the story was unbelievable. Which leant itself to making the speculation of what truly happened more believable. Her father, hunters, or now missing lover killed him. Those were the current rumours. Jules believed the first rumour. Her father would have the stomach and the greed to do it. The only thing she wondered about was why he didn’t do it before this? He could have done it many times before. His loyalty was never in question before this incident. Or was it an event? Jules couldn’t put her finger on why things weren’t adding up or how. But nothing for her looked good. She now w