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Ben’s brows bunched "Were…wolf?"

"Close enough" Jude nodded

"No, that’s not even possible, there’s no way--"

Jude held up his claws and this tiulp that clicked in Ben’s throat seeht then

Erin reached out her hand to hione, but he flinched back Kneould happen

Jude had never flinched away frolanced at her shifter No, he’d never flinched away, not even when he’d found out she was part wolf

He’d wanted her fro her, as she was

Jude’s bright blue gaze held hers

"Erin saved your ass by getting the hell out of Lillian," Jude told the cop "The ho killed Trent is after her and, if she hadn’t left you behind, odds are high he would have killed you"

"What?"

She ed to look away from Jude and turn her attention back to Ben "Seems that I acquired an…admirer, of sorts"

Her lips pulled down into a frown and she rubbed her tes, hurts others, even kills, and he thinks he’s doing it for e and smeared the bastard’s blood all over the walls in her house

Another guy, a lawyer,too much with Erin in court The freak put hione to the hospital thatto hear better news about Lee His son had been sitting in his roo into the eht to control her tears

Seeing that boy, praying for his father to wake up…

He has to be stopped

Clearing her throat, she tried to push the memory of that kid aside Lee would wake up Oh, but she hoped he would anyway "I have very good reason to believe that this guy is also the one who attacked you"

"Erin, there’s no way to know that!"

"I’ve got good reason to believe it, because he told me he did," she broke across his words and dropped her hand I took care of your lover Fool wasn’t worthy He’d been so proud of nearly killing Ben He’d whispered his words to her that terrible night "He’s beenfroain"

Ben’sopen After a moment, he snapped his lips closed

"It’s the truth," she said Might seem crazy, but crazy was her world

"Wh-why didn’t you tell ht you left because you didn’t care"

"He’s a paranormal" Simple "You couldn’t have handled him The other cops in Lillian are human, too They wouldn’t have kno to stop hih them and--"

The cop’s head craned toward a watchful Jude "This guy--let ed

"Yes" Erin was definite "When he’s in his tiger form, he’s the closest physical match the bastard has" More than a match

Jude would be able to take the bastard down, she knew it

"Werewolves?" Ben asked again and rocked back on his feet "Come on, babe, I’ve dealt with some screwed-up killers in my ti as humans have walked this earth" Jude crossed his arms over his chest "Deny it if you want If it makes you sleep better, do whatever the hell you have to do But, the fact here is…you’ve got a paranormal killer out there One who is obsessed with Erin, and you--well, you’re playing out of your league, huht "If you try to get involved in this, you’ll just get hurt" The freak out there would like his pain tooto stop hih and sharp "When you stop hi to fly with theto toss hie" Jude’s voice was soft, deep A calht The killer they were looking for was too strong for a hue won’t ever hold hi She’d known it would co?" Ben reached out a hand, as if he were going to touch her, but stopped, the fingers freezing in midair

Can’t touch the shifter Not nor we’ll let you knohen this threat is gone" That was all she was going to say She couldn’t really tell a cop that h Self-defense

"Now, I’ot aze drifted over her face "This is the last da I expected"

"I know"

"Erin…"

But there was nothing more to say Like she’d told Jude, they’d ended in Lillian

His hand fisted and he turned away froot on this bastard"

Jude’s claere gone For now "Then I guess you’d better get ready for a little visit to Night Watch"

Jude took the huency Introduced him to a few of the hunters Left him with Dee for a while so that she could brief him, one human to another

And the fury inside him built

Erin had been hurt The human asshole had hurt her He’d looked at her like she was…like she was sorowled

That was the prick Erin had been dating? An ass who didn’t recognize how great she was?

Idiot

The cop’s hands were shaking when he finished his briefing with Dee Yeah, she usually had that effect on ainst the wall

A jerky nod

"Good, then it’s tiet your ass back on the road and head hohtened, then reuy hadn’t even been able to touch Erin after he’d learned the truth "But first"--his fingers clenched around the prick’s shirtfront, and he yanked him inside the nearest office

"Jude! What the hell?"

"Beat it, Goo, charonna--"

Jude slanted him a hard look

The charo talk with Pak anyway"

The door slammed behind hiht to kick your ass"

The huritted, "You can try, but I’m not as weak as you may think"