Alpha Step Daddy : Four Mates, One heart
He signaled the Howlers and the rogues, and they vanished into the brush with the speed of shadows.
"What about us?" Raven asked, her teeth chattering.
"We stay," I said. "We cover the tracks."
I pulled a handful of grey dust from my pocket—spirit ash. I threw it into the air, whispering a command of obfuscation. The air began to shimmer.
The cruiser pulled up to the shore, its tires crunching on the frost-covered gravel. Sheriff Miller stepped out, his flashlight beam cutting through the dark. He was a man who had lived in Blackridge his whole life, a man who tried very hard not to see the monsters in his backyard.