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"Donning your arested "It’s okay, I just wasn’t expecting it Do what you have to"

But he didn’t Instead, he said, looking out at the approaching men, "These are not the enemy Not this time, anyway"

He was out of his seat before she could say anything And ould I have said? He closed himself up so that he could kill if he had to, so that he wouldn’t like any of the out whatever had to be done

She did know so about herhie wolves, still trying to decide if it should reassure her or worry her

"Glad you e It still freaked her out soe by the subtle cues of body motion and position Real people-normal humans-didn’t need to knoas first and as last

"We were following you on our radar, and Jiht have had some trouble because your speed seeave them a neutral face, and Anna wondered what his aerobatics had looked like on radar

"No trouble," he said

The other wolf cleared his throat and dropped his gaze "Good I’m Ian Garner of the Emerald City Pack, and I’m to help you in any way that I can"

As Charles and the other wolves unloaded the luggage and discussed how the plane was to be cared for and stored, Anna stood a little apart She wasn’t as nervous with the strangers as she expected to be-and it took her a minute to pinpoint why

Ian was roup was not the Alpha’s top tier of wolves, nowhere near the most dominant; they olves ouldn’t spark a dous Hopper, the Emerald City Pack Alpha, was a smart man Not that he had to worry about Charles’s control, but playing it safe was always a se dorateful nonetheless

There would be enough dos took place The wolves co from Europe each ruled their own territories; some of them had been in power for centuries No one would hurt her, not while she ith Charles She knew it, but her fear of male wolves had taken a few years to beat into her and would take more than a month or two to free herself from

"They’ll take care of the airplane," said Ian He picked up the nearest piece of luggage and, with a dropped shoulder and a deferential swing of his head instead of words, invited theh the trees Charles took his own suitcase and waited for Anna to precede hi, the E in a rapid all-business voice that ht have masked his anxiety from someone as purely human Charles did that to people, even in his own pack, and she didn’t think even his father kne us is at work," the wolf said "He says you’re to have free access to the house" Anna reliround, it ell hidden by the trees That must be where they were headed toward "You’re welco any of us have, but the pack itself has a newish Land Cruiser and a Corolla that has seen better days Angus says you can use his BMW if you’d rather"

"We’ll take the Corolla," Charles told hi in a hotel don This is too far for an easy coht you would feel that way Angus invites you to stay with him at his condo in the city"