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Andrea finally went slack in Sean’s aro, and she sank to her haunches next to hi her shoulder hard into his hip

Callum morphed slowly back to human Blood dripped from his face, his throat blackened frorated

"I want no Shifters dying," Sean said "Not today"

"To hell hat you want," Callurowled and jerked forward, but Sean stopped her with his hand on her back He drew out his cell phone again "I’et the huest all Shifters clear out, unless you’re wanting to explain your presence to the human police"

He punched numbers, then paused with his thumb over the button that would send the call

"Bloody hell, Sean," Ben rumbled

Callum spat blood "Just like a Morrissey to only believe one side of a story"

Sean snarled at hi at Shifters, and you’re getting cozy with the saure out that you’re in on it with the ourselves with them and their worldto their bars and shops, our cubs wanting their toys like stupid cell phones and satellite dishes They’ve forgotten that Shifters are supposed to be fighters, warriors, a hell of a lot better than huer because your son’s been bothering you for a nicer coic, that Now, Callu to run or stay and pay the price?"

"Don’t be an idiot You won’t call the police"

Sean rotated his thumb over the button "But I will This human toy, you see, lets ht, Sean," Ben broke in "If the cops take the humans, they’ll just tell them we hired them The police will come after us then You’ll make it even worse for us"

Sean knew that, had known it, hated that In retrospect, it was a good thing that Kim and Silas, and Sean, hadn’t been able to convince the human police to take the problem more seriously The detectives would have found Shifters at the end of the trail Shifters would be rounded up, guilty and innocent alike, interrogated, not likely to be let go in a hurry, probably punished, whichput to death Shifters did not need a lockdown and arbitrary arrests, especially not just noith Lia their experiments on the Collars Callum’s little plot to keep Shifters pure could be the death of theest then, Callum We kill your humans?"

Callum liked that solution, Sean could see, and the humans saw that he liked it too But as much as Sean wanted to tear off their heads, he knew that dead humans were another risk they couldn’t take

"You want it too much, Callum," Sean said in a quiet voice "So what I’ll do is call my dad He and my brother’s trackers will escort these humans out of town, soain Ben, why don’t you and some of the Shifters you trust here help with that? Take them somewhere that I or my brother won’t happen on them Either that or I take therowled in agreeerous Shifters of all They didn’t care who died, as long as those who’d attacked their mates bled A lot

"We’ll help your dad take care of it," Ben said quickly

Two of the other Shifters disarmed the humans so fast they didn’t have tihtest bit Ben would be s the police off the scent Whatever evil deed they’d been planning here today wouldn’t happen

Callum, on the other hand, wasn’t about to obey "I think it’s time the Morrissey clan had a new Guardian"

He leapt at Sean, shifting to his wildcat in , at the saht Callu, the electricity fro Sean’s skin, but it didn’t slow Callum much

Sean’s own Collar bit shocks deep into him, but he clenched his jaw and kept the pain at bay, as he’d trained hi herself back Sean fought hi-swift move, he hurled Callum across the roo hard, Sean dialed his cell phone again and got Spike, one of Liam’s trackers, loyal and the s for the call, in fact, Lia him to stand by in case Sean needed backup He was there in a few minutes, followed by the other trackers and Dylan Dylan looked white and alnored Sean’s look of concern as he pulled Callu at Callu Shifters a stony look

"Go ho he didn’t need to keep thehts to make sure they obeyed He also knew none of them would try to take on Dylan They were at least that smart