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The wolf turned his back on Duncan and tried to escape Fatalinto him, and killed him

Shelley knew Duncan wouldn’t have let the wolf live, not after he had tried to kill her, his mate, his to protect Even if he had only wanted to leave and save his own skin at that point

Duncan glanced at Shelley,sure she was okay, that his brother was fine, and that Uncle Ethan wasn’t having any difficulty with Sal Then he loped into another part of the house Withina pair of jeans too short for his tall height Lamps and candy dishes were broken all over the floor Chairs and couches were overturned Kenneth and two dead wolves, who had reverted to their huh," Duncan said to Sal "It’s over You’ve taken a wolf clan’s money, which you will return You will also return rowled

"If you do this… although it kills uilty as you are, we’ll consent to allowing your mate to live She’ll be penniless, but she won’t be dead"

Shelley located Sal’s bedroom, found a closet full of women’s clothes, and willed her wolf’s form to shift into her human one Then she pulled out a pair of fancy pink sweats trimmed in rhinestones She wondered if these were Sal’s mistress’s clothes or Carlotta’s She hurried to dress

Uncle Ethan and Cearnach remained as wolves, able to attack easier with lethal effect if Sal gave the in a bathrobe at his desk in his office with a spectacular view of the beach and pool Shelley could i his orgeous view

Sal snorted and crossed his aret the money out of a deadof Carlotta on the wall "But I have no qual after your mate The Feds have already stated that they don’t believe she was involved in your crimes Whether she was or not, she’d have access to theabout Sal’s et to the money Hoould he know for sure?

Sal shook his head "Myetting thereedy bastards were asking for it"

"She didn’t entertain my brother," Duncan said hotly

"Unfortunately, no If she had, she would have known he was part of a wolf pack and would have left well enough alone"

"We’ll get our money one way or another As your mate, she’d have access to all the money, all that has been stolen and in your custody and that which she has control of in the States"

"I spent a lot of the funds," Sal said, as if that would get hi for himself

Neither Duncan nor Shelley believed it He couldn’t have spent the billions he had purportedly absconded with

"This re, and all of a sudden all the electricity went out," Shelley said "No store The nextI read in the paper how a e even, a big-tiood to be true So all these high rollers invested in his get-rich sche of it was, ten years earlier, he hadshe’d just up and decided to leave Right in thepreparations He had a et rid of his wife They never found a body, so the police could never pin a murder on him Everyone knew he had murdered her The rown son and daughter knew he’d killed their mother

"They even went to that show that looks into unsolved h evidence to prove he’d done anything wrong So disgustingly, he got aithto trial for e stolen so many of the local prominent citizens’ money, he couldn’t deal with it He ran his car into a telephone pole Killed hiht so he wouldn’t have to face iape, Sal stared at her "You think I should commit suicide?"

"Others you’ve ruined financially have done so because of how you’ve destroyed their lives Their only criet-rich-quick scheot your beach estate and other residences all over the world, ato have another she-wolf for a mate Do you think Carlotta will be happy about that when she learns of it?"

Sal turned a little gray For a moment, she wondered if he felt bad about that

"So after you give up the money, why not do everyone a favor?" Shelley continued

Sal stared at his co the sea filling the screen

A shark A predator as like an eating rew Who didn’t care about anything or anyone but himself

"Why did you do it?" Shelley asked "You ealthy already Why would you cheat sothey had?"

"They were greedy None of theets I wasn’t alell-to-do" He shook his head "My dad did the s he knew, then died in a barrooht rander scale" He finally lifted his head and looked Duncan in the eye "You won’t hurt Carlotta"

"I give h She won’t benefit from your ill deeds or her own She won’t be hurt unless we learn she’s continuing your scaed Shelley’s hand She reached down and petted her uncle’s head, barely breathing, waiting for Sal to touch the keyboard