ADDIE POVI got dressed in my new outfit. Wolf was right, it wasn’t leather. It was actually really soft and really stretchy, and it felt good on my body. The boots weren’t exactly my style, but I could fight in them. They were a square heel, like a combat boot, and laced up my calf. `They were definitely sexy in an industrial sort of way. I put on the hood with the mask and only my eyes showed. I tucked my braid behind everything so that no one could grab it. I was ready, so I left the locker room and met Damian and Wolf out on the floor.Wolf seemed to be having second thoughts and Damian was soothing him. “Dude. You said this girl could fight. So let her fight.”“The guys she was fighting were wimps. She’s going to be up against real fighters.”“She has a wolf,” Damian countered, trying to calm him. Wolf frantically shook his head back and forth. “No, her wolf is hurt. She can’t hear her.”I stepped forward. “I’m ready. And I’ll win. I know I’m a fighter. I feel i

JAMES POVIt was Monday night, the first night of the two nights of patrols that we had planned. I was standing next to Callie, the girl that I had seen ripped apart by two wolves in my vision. It was so dark I could barely see her, but I knew she was there.I also knew that Bryon was on my other side, ready and waiting. Toby was further in. That was all the reinforcements we had. We didn’t know who to trust and I hoped that we were enough.Callie moved to the left, starting to patrol her small area of boundary that had been assigned to her. I fell back and to her right, keeping her in sight but staying out of sight myself. Staying out of sight wasn’t the problem. Keeping her in sight was. It was a really dark night. I followed a little closer than I should have but I wasn’t going to let her out of my sight. In my vision I had to give her body to her parents, and I had felt like my heart was ripped out when her mother howled her anguish. I was not going to let that happen

JAMES POVI dreamed about Addie. I dreamed I was on one side of a raging river and her wolf, Talia, was next to me. We were looking across the river at Addie who was calling to us, but we couldn’t hear her.She looked sad and tired. I tried to mind link her in my dream, but it didn’t work. I tried shouting over the noise of the river, but the distance was too great and the noise of the water was too loud. I sat down and Talia lay next to me, putting her massive head in my lap. I stroked her and we watched Addie running up and down the riverbank, trying to find a way to come back to us, yelling for us. I knew she wouldn’t be able to cross, just yet. She would eventually, though. We just had to find her.I woke up with a gasp and lay on my back, tears leaking from my eyes. It took so much control to not leap on to a plane or hop into a car and drive to St. Louis to find my mate. I had to trust that Emily was doing what she could with the information she had. I just wanted mo

JAMES POVZachary was nervous. Too nervous. He was going to blow it and we knew it. I sighed. “Gag him,” I gave the order to the guard and then gestured that Zach sit next to Bryon on the couch. I took out the phone we got from Dale’s body and handed it to Toby. We knew that this would be a possibility, but we were hoping that we wouldn’t have to do it.Danny had dealt with Dale, and we were counting on the fact that Danny probably didn’t know Zach’s voice well. I kept him in the office just in case Danny asked a question we didn’t know the answer to. I could do my little trick, peek into Zach’s mind, and figure it out.Toby called. Danny answered after the second ring.“I know this isn’t Dale. He’s never prompt.”“Yeah. It’s Zach. Brad killed Dale. Got mad about something and next thing I know Dale’s bleeding out. What the hell, man? I didn’t sign up for this.” Oh, Toby was good. A little bit of fear and a little bit of resentment. Perfect.“What did you do with the

ADDIE POV We closed up at 4:30 and Wolf gave me a ride back to my new place. I made dinner for myself in the kitchenette with a few things I had picked up at the grocery store over my lunch. It was a simple dinner of macaroni and cheese with some meatballs I had made out of ground beef and barbecue sauce, but it was delicious. I think I like to cook. I don’t know, though. I hadn’t had the opportunity before now. I then got dressed in my outfit and turned on the television while I waited for Wolf and Damian to pick me up. The fight was at midnight and I had some time to waste. I had no idea what type of fight it was but I was ready to make some money. I figured I would fight as many fights as I could until I had enough money to comfortably rent an apartment, furnish it and have a little bit in savings. When that happened, I was done. I didn’t particularly enjoy beating up humans one after another, especially when they didn’t do anything wrong. I dozed off and woke up to