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But the feel of her in his arain was heaven after a h the e and headed back to the prison block deep below Feral House Not voices, he amended One voice Xavier’s If that kid ake, he was talking Which beat the hell out of Lip Ring’s screa As it turned out, those screams of hers weren’t reserved for hiiven up, which ht not bode well for their ability to take her y Olivia had fed theirl’s mind seemed locked in a loop of terror Not that he could really blah the passage, he rolled up the too-short cuffs of his button-down, trying to get cootten dressed up He hadn’t tucked in the shirt and was still wearing jeans He justfelt a little uard duty down there on and off for the past couple of days; but never again had heto Both Lyon and Jag clais considered, even as she stuck as close to her brother as a momma bear to her cub

Xavier went quiet, and Wulfe assuain But Xavier’s next question, which carried to Wulfe clearly, proved otherwise

"So, are you going to be able to let us go, or do we know too much?"

"And what do you think you know?" Lyon asked with deceptive softness

"I know the earth opened up I know there was soe wild ani around who suddenly turned into men"

Even before he reached the cellblock, Wulfe heard the lol in Lyon’s throat "How could you possibly know that?"

"I heard you, Dude When you don’t have eyes, you see through sounds, and I saw the change Besides, Nat told me she saw you shift" A pause "You don’t have to kill me, you know, even if you can’t take my memories" Clearly, he’d heard too much "I’m a decent cook I can wash dishes I can help out around here, man"

Wulfe didn’t have to see Lyon’s face to knoas groaning Disposing of dangerous humans was so much harder when you couldn’t help but like theer they posed was to the anonymity of the race

"I’ll think about it Lie down, Xavier You’re going back to sleep"

"I’d rather stay awake"

"Nevertheless"

By the ti the brother and sister’s cage, Xavier once more unconscious

Lyon eyed Wulfe’s shirt with a lift of his brow "Going somewhere?"

"Go to hell," Wulfe ave him an amused look but didn’t razz hi’s cage, "woke in her noro She’ll be out the rest of the day The other hasn’t woken yet, but should soon Call Kara when she does, and she’ll bring a tray"

When Lyon had left, Wulfe shucked off his clothes, shifted into his wolf, and curled up on the floor to watch And wait An hour later, Natalie finally began to stir Wulfe shifted back and pulled on his jeans As he buttoned the shirt, he felt like a fool He usually wore T-shirts since they stretched comfortably to fit his monster-truck size He used to dress up a little for Beatrice froh he never had His now-dead mate had never been able to see past his scars

But Natalie hadn’t seemed put off by hiht still have been revolted Revulsion could beto Xavier’s pulse before she was even fully awake She looked better Much better now that she was no longer battling the terror and anguish as she had been that first time In fact, she seemed almost calht of her Calm Lovely was the second, despite her unkeolden waves frath and depth and coly out of place was that wound across her cheekbone

Cautiously, he stepped out of the shadows

Natalie looked up, her wary gaze softening slowly "Hi," she said, a hint of a s, but contained the urge, settling for a s?"

"Since the last time I saw you? A thousand times better"

"Good"

She nodded, but her expression sobered "We’re still in the cages, though How long has it been? Since the"

"A week"

Unhappiness clouded her eyes "Myto be frantic Have we hit the news? Are they looking for us?"

"You’re all the hu about around here"

Dark blond brows drew together "Humans And you’re not But of course you’re not" She looked down, then back up again "Werewolves, or were-animals?"

"We prefer the ter creatures that attacked us?"

Dae to worry about anymore They’re dead"

"And there aren’t any e found a way to free more of thery?"

That s him more than it should "Starved"

Wulfe pulled out his cell phone and speed-dialed Kara "I have a starving guest down here Lyon said youright up" Kara’s cheery voice carried to hiuess I should say I’ll be right there, Wulfe"

A few minutes later, Kara appeared with a tray laden with a full three-coursecherry cobbler that had been sending their sto Kara left, and Natalie dug into the salad as if she was indeed about to expire froe for a while when she was finished eating She had to be sick and tired of being locked up A walk through the woods came to mind, but it was thewhen he’d told her they were all over the news Human law enforcement had found the bodies of Natalie’s three friends where the Ferals had left them, more than a mile froe bodies on the field of battle, warding the area against human senses for the few days it took the earth to reclaiht live centuries, but they decayed to dust quickly

"Can you shift into anything you want?" Natalie asked when she’d clearly taken the edge off her hunger

"No" He didn’t elaborate