Lainie sat on the corner of Sheriff Einstein's desk, arms over her chest as she stared at the circle of men in the small office. Little Erin Fletcher sat outside the office, eating a bag of chips and sipping a soda, her little doll perched over her shoulder as if the thing stared into the sheriff's office. Johnson sat beside the girl looking very uncomfortable having been put on babysitting duty. It took all Lainie had not to giggle at the giant man."A cabin I can spare, no problem," Dimitri said as he leaned back against the wall, arms over his chest. Josh stood beside him almost in the exact same pose except his hands were in his pockets. Lainie tried not to smirk at the similarities, but Josh apparently caught her expression and gave her a puzzled look in return. She just shrugged and turned her gaze back to her brother."People tend to wander in and out of Bull Creek, some staying forever, others taking more of a transient interest in the community," Dimitri continued. "We also ha

Ezra shoved his clothes into his duffel bag with enough force that he almost shoved them through the bottom. He thought living on the outskirts of a community that boasted its "live and let live" motto would be the perfect place to hide out away from the harshness of a world where the villains got away free and innocent people died. He had thought staying in the shadows, away from anything resembling human connection, would spare him the chore of dealing with people. However, even the fringes of Bull Creek hadn't been enough for him to avoid the past coming back to smack him around. First, it was that nosy ass panther, followed by the deputy almost getting herself killed by whoever was after her. Now, his old teammates from Para-Force knocked on his door, asking him for help they knew damn well he couldn't give. What the hell was Liam thinking? And, Ezra knew it was Liam's idea to bring the girl out here. Colton was smart enough to leave well enough alone, but not Liam. Oh, no. Liam ju

The gorilla yanked Ezra into the air as if he were a rag doll, flipping Ezra over his shoulder and tossing him to the ground. Ezra hit the ground with an audible thud, the wind whooshing out of his lungs as his head hit the ground under him. With a shake of his head, he shot back to his feet, shocked that Colton had attacked him, but pissed as hell as well. Colton spun, pounding his chest as he roared out his frustration. You're being an ass! Get over yourself. You're not the only one who's lost someone in their care.Ezra glared at the dark gorilla in front of him, his chest heaving with breaths as his muscles and joints screamed out at him. "Go to Hell," he snarled, just before his bear shoved his way through Ezra, bones popping as arms and legs shifted into the thick powerful limbs of his black bear, his head swelling into the animal's thick skull, his mouth stretching into a deafening roar with saliva dripping from his fangs as his clothes shredded from his body, black fur replaci

"You realize it'll be hard to know if someone is in Bull Creek because of that little girl, don't you?" Josh asked Dimitri as he picked up a fry off his plate and shoved it into his mouth. "Since you've taken over for Neal as alpha, word seems to have gotten around that Bull Creek is a safe spot again. We have people coming to us all the time now."The four of them—Dimitri, Josh, Alanna, and Lainie—-stuffed themselves into a cheap-upholstered booth near the window of Gracie's Diner looking out at a weed-choked parking lot. Colton and his friend bringing the possibility of more trouble to Bull Creek didn't thrill Dimitri. Between Bane and his prejudice against humans and Miles Hemingway trying to force Lainie to marry him, they had enough trouble to last awhile. Dimitri was more than ready for a little quietness."Stop talking with food in your mouth," Alanna snapped at Josh, thumping him in the shoulder. "Gross."Dimitri and Lainie just laughed. "You kiss that mouth, too," Dimitri teas

"Julian! Julian, you back here?" Tyra called out as she made her way through the halls of Wincott Investigations to the Para-Force offices in the back. She clutched a manila folder in her hands as she swung them back and forth in front of her as she pounded through the halls, her heels clicking on the beige tile floor. She kept her reddish hair cut short, the back barely touching the top of her pale neck. She was a slender woman, almost too thin in some people's opinion. Even her nose was thin, between her thin pale-red eyebrows. However, while some looked at her small, five-two frame and thought a good wind would blow her away, Tyra Pellington was scrappy in a fight and had helped the team take down several killers, locking them away forever behind bars at Shadow Keep Institute. Of course, she was also the team whiz on the computer and Internet, able to dig out the tiniest scrap of information no matter how well-hidden, and that was the reason she raced through the halls to find Julia