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Dougal rew up?"

"Yes On the big round one called The Paw"

"We saw on your bio that you went to high school down there" Philfootball for the Port Mishenka Mar"

Howard arched a brow at him "I kicked ass on that field Would you care for a deestured to the Bear Claw Islands "Does yer faroup of islands and Kodiak Island to the north are where most were-bears live We’re down to about a hundred now"

"Shit" Phil frowned at the islands "You’re in danger of extinction"

Howard sighed "There was a tio, ere-bears flourished and covered the mainland There were over a thousand of us But then settlers began old, and olvesthe land The Alpha wolves tended to bite any guy who found gold, so he would becoold," Phil muttered

Howard nodded "The olves quickly a they wanted, they si hial asked

"Not usually It’s not in our nature to live in packs Especially the male bears We’re loners Unfortunately, that alorked against us We were spread out thin, each e territory, and it ht be able to defeat a s us in packs of thirty and forty"

Dougal muttered a curse "Ye wouldna stand a chance"

"No Eventually, in order to keep the cubs safe, most of the were-bears , , but whenever a storm capsized a boat, ould lose five or six of the"

Phil winced "The olves knohich islands your people are living on?"

"Yes Rhett has over five hundred followers, so we can’t afford to draw hiritted his teeth "I just want to play with hial asked

Howard stabbed at the ground with his staff No as he going to discuss lost love with two guys "He deserves far worse than what I have planned Are you in the gaetic look "I may no’ be much help to you I’m lucky if I’ht The blasted sun here is always up"

Howard s in Then al tilted his head, his eyes narrowed "Is that why ye stopped returning his calls? So he would be forced to send us?"

Phil scoffed "You jerk, you had us worried about you Why didn’t you just ask for help?"

"If I asked, Angus could refuse" Howard leaned on his staff "Any chance of getting us will have s out his ears"

"Then he should co three other rumbled "A lot has happened since you left for vacation"

Howard frowned After the skir had see on?"

"We’re still trying to find Russell," Phil began "JL and Rajiv went to China to hunt for hiood" Howard had often wondered how Russell was doing The forone AWOL in China after their last us probably felt some responsibility for hi for Master Han, the evil vampire who had left him in a vampire coma for forty years

"There was an outbreak of us sent souys there to help Zoltan track them down"

"I see" Howard knew that as Coven Master of Eastern Europe, Zoltan was charged with the task of protecting mortals in his jurisdiction It wasn’t a job he could always do alone, so he often requested help froent request froovernment asks for our help, we have to comply"

Howard nodded Now that the president knew about vampires and shifters, he and the CIA were likely to make many such requests in the future "What is it this ti cartel in Mexico," Phil explained "The president asked us to locate them and teleport them out The only safe way to do it is to have a vae So that’s seven uard and translator"

"Now ye ken why Angus wasna pleased with yer antics," Dougal said "He’s short on manpower He had to call me away from my station in Texas"

"I understand" Howard had hoped for a bigger teae with only two more "If you both join us, then we’ll have a teaood friend, Harry Yutu, in Anchorage And two young were-bears from the island, my twin cousins, Jimmy and Jesse"

"What’s the plan?" Phil asked

"We call it Operation Three Little Pigs," Howard replied "We’re attacking three of Rhett’s houses Our first target was one of his fishing cabins We re from inside, stashed it in our trucks, then huffed and puffed and knocked the walls down It wasn’t too hard, since it was just a shack"

"That was yer house of straw?" Dougal asked

Howard nodded "So the food, and an old worandfather is very happy with his new rod and reel"

Phil crossed his arms "You probably left your scent behind Rhett will knoas you"

"My cousins left behind sonet for hungry animals There’ll be a lot of scents there by the time Rhett discovers it" Howard took a deep breath, then continued, "Last week, we tackled the house of sticks, Rhett’s vacation home on the coast of the Kenai Peninsula We eive all the stuff to some needy were-bears, then took a few axes to the stilts and watched the house slide down the bluff and break apart on the rocks Most of it floated out to sea"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>