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Jonathan

The ically transformed into a forest under Vivian&039;s illusion in January, doesn&039;t seeh-teed face to the next, I&039;e to screaether at one end of the table and the rest of their pack is squeezes around, so Asa takes a position behindup the wall in one corner Eric and Pat flankall the wolves changed back to hu the air-then cleaned up, and fed-but we did it

Unfortunately, twoto the inn Gunfire can be heard for several miles, but not everyone may be in earshot when the resort is fifteen square ame and hunter&039;sin the next room said they never heard a shot, so silencers must have been used The doctor cleaned their shallow flesh wounds and treated the injuries like silver infections, just to be safe Dr Cook left afterward to rest in one of the upstairs roo the t patients, we need her here lance at Romeo and Elsa tells le tothe heated voices and fear I take a deep breath preparing for what I&039;ve dreaded doing for the last five ht now, more than ever, I wish that sly sit back and silently second guess her instead of being in the line of fire

Whoever relishes a leadership spot in hard times has clearly never had to do it No matter what choice you ether, and credit is freely shared But even the smallest error or , and et all the bla Eric and Pat&039;s attention, along with everyone else&039;s My voice booht of th in it "The time to blame who could have lead these hunters to us is past" I look around the table, aze

"Let&039;s discuss e have and move forward on what to do We have water and food stores to last us for weeks The electric to the inn is secure-but we have no standard outside communication The planes will take days to fix and the roads are impossible to traverse, even in a jeep, for the next feeeks"

Naomi sits tobehind her They women have been wolves for a while and aren&039;t likely to panic, but yesterday and today have put a strain on even the calmest of natures Spike sits next to Pat and stares at the center of the table, unwilling to aze "An unknown nu to kill olves"

Ruby glares at one of thebehind Spike and opens her luscious red lips to spew her adulterous accusations, again I raise ot here and how they know about us isn&039;t the probleo, Ruby" She looks away, angry but silent "What we plan on doing about these hunters and how to solve this current mess is"

I sincerely doubt a scorned lover would track down so the ue wolf, but pointing that out to Ruby is liable to set off the hotheaded wo me to share what he found in the tunnels Vivian had some late-model satellite phones in one of the old bunker type rooood news Asa uncovered four satellite phones and they&039;re charging now They should be operable in an hour or so-but it begs the question, who should we call? Who could get here in tilance at Asa, and not for the first time in my life, I&039;ve wish the Were society werebody like the va like the vaood

"Roo Werewolves have lived like the wild, wild, west for centuries Now, it could be the end of us if supernatural hunters-who are well organized and have technology behind theo after us I know this isn&039;t the tihlights what I&039;ve always said-we need a way to connect There is always safety in numbers"

Across the room Romeo nods and takes Elsa&039;s hand He has tounded wolves and a fatality in less than twenty-four hours That&039;s a lot for any alpha sworn to protect his pack to take

I sit and feel the tension level in the rooo down little by little "So theon or kill theain as a cacophony of heated voices rises around the table

We debate the situation for over an hour and decide to break for the night, agreeing to talk again in theThe wives of the injured males hustle out to be with their spouses in the nearby basement roouestrooo back to their cabin via the tunnels, but Asa doesn&039;t think it&039;s a good idea to have any of us split up I agree, now is not the time to have those there I can&039;t see them

Asa leads the pair to his two-roo he has a blanket they can curl up with on the floor They could take a rooed by the day&039;s events and don&039;t care either way Asa&039;s on watch tonight and I decide to escape into the owners&039; apartment

Several times today I&039;ve reached hard for Vivian in e of awareness that quickly snuffs out If we don&039;t get a call out via one of the satellite phones soon, Rafe will activate one of the back-up protocols

How could the si so fast? Paranore-could I have worse fucking luck? An exhausted sigh leavesforward to wrappingon their couch Maybe I&039;ll turn on one of Rafe&039;s boring science shows, so I can pretend to argue with hilish narrator is

My innerhalt when I sense someone in the couple&039;s kitchen More than likely one of Ro shout fest downstairs, I really don&039;t think I can handle any s of a throat draws lossy ht brown eyes, like warm caramel toffee, stare back at me A hesitant look crosses the delicate features of the unknoout reaction is shock

My nose tells h, firm breasts scream woman She&039;s dressed in the sa loose on her smaller frame Is this some kind of sick joke? Could he have a twin sister? Yeah, sure-and she dresses in big clothes to look like hih rab the intruder by the upper arms "Who the fuck-no hat the fuck are you?"

"Chill, Jon I&039; it&039;s rip, it seeive her a little shake,on?"

Instead of breaking free of my hold, she steps closer and lays her hands on ht, and close to my eye level "It&039;s me, Jon Spike I&039;m a shifter, not a olf Spike is just a shape I wear to stay safe Other olves tend to ignore guys more than a pretty woman in theirin to kiss les in the air between us Then I smell the sweet scent of the o of her arms like I&039;ve been scalded and take a step back "Whoa Whoa Just one dahback in three strides to face theuy or you&039;re not a olf?"

Her unique scent makes more sense, but surely, I couldn&039;t have been the only one who&039;s noticed it

The woman looks at lance to the floor "Both I&039;m a shifter I can take on any form I choose I run olves because it&039;s safer than being alone"

I stop dead in the ainst a chair in the kitchen and stare at the creature before me "How can I tell that you&039;re actually a wo to be a woman?"

She looks up at me, the pain in her eyes unmistakable "And if that were true-ould it ay?"

I can&039;t deny the attraction I&039;ve felt for her since the instant weshe&039;s a shifter certainly explains the cross phero below the surface whenever Spike was nearby

"Attraction at a gut level isn&039;t hinged on a person&039;s gender, you jackass," she says with a stiffening of her spine "Sometimes it just is and you don&039;t need to question it to death" She whips away and stor room toward the hall that leads to the entrance into the inn