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"Actually, I have a ht with a potential new client," I said "Drinks at a public place to discuss a future case" I looked to rim expression "It would be a perfect location for someone to follow me in unseen"

"Which case?" Nick asked "I haven’t heard of any new client"

"His name is Colin Rourke I spoke with him yesterday for the first time"

The uproar was instantaneous

Everyone in the roo at once, a few of the wolves ju asp as his hands furiously clacked away on the computer keys

"What? What did I say?" I shouted over the din, startled by what had just happened I raisedon? He toldfir equally uneventful What’s the big deal?" I ended la any attention to me

"This really is bad," Devon said, more to his computer screen than anyone else He shook his head slowly "If Rourke knows, then Jessica’s already on the open market We have more to worry about than just one traitor in the Pack"

Jaripped the back of ers, and he wasof nasty words under his breath--words I hadn’t heard him utter since I lit my father’s toolshed on fire by accident when I was thirteen I turned froet here so fast?" Tyler shouted "And he told Jessica his real naave it to her What’s his fucking angle?"

"Who is this guy?" I yelled,out? Somebody better fill me in before I lose it" Then I i ame yesterday, but if I let the truth be known, I hadn’t really planned on researching his legitimacy until after I’d accepted the job Da to costto have any faith inup to tell me just that I’d just showed ator I was the only feht for two seconds about changing the way I did h alert, not dillydallying around eating cheeseburgers

This guy must be incredibly talented if he could cause a roo about this looked good

My father answered"Colin Rourke is the most notorious supernatural mercenary in the entire country, possibly even on the planet He only gets hired when people want the job done, ht with no loose ends The fact that he’s already here escalates this issue to a new level Your secret, it seems, has not been much of a secret at all Other Sects, not just wolves, e, with plans put in place It’s the only possible way he could be in my territory so quickly"

"What is he?" I asked "If we’re this up in arht?"

"He’s a werecat of some kind," my father said "But his exact species is unknown No one has seen him in his true form and ever lived to talk about it It’s speculated he’s the last of his kind, which is e’re unfamiliar with his scent The cat population has decreased to the point of extinction over the last few hundred years, and he is erous His common aliases are David West, Dean Raith, and Connor Dade And those are only a few" My father eyed iven nale" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>