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Lia Myka heard a soft thump behind them, and realized that Connor had dropped off the back of the truck She craned her head to look for him, but he disappeared into the darkness

"Where are we?" she asked, feeling the need to whisper

"Middle of nowhere One of Fergus’s human lovers lives out here He tucked her back here to keep her hidden from his mates"

"Mates?" Myka repeated in surprise "Plural? Shifters can have us wanted to be an old-fashioned version of a clan leader, who technically is allowed to mate-claim as many females as he wants He can either hand them out to lesser us had two o around He always professed to hate anything huirlfriend secreted away, the hypocrite A woman called Hannah Anyway, apparently only Nate knehere she lived--Fergus never went anywhere without a bodyguard Nate let slip about her a couple weeks after Fergus died I think Nate’s been seeing her hih he’s never said"

Myka looked around "And you think Nate took Jordan to her to hide?"

"It’s worth a shot Another possibility is a cabin where Fergus and the three trackers used to go to hunt and run It’sGavan will think that’s the first place Spike would think of"

Liaine Around thes, and the coyotes in the distance Myka shivered Coyotes usually didn’t bother people, but they did steal cats and dogs, and a sht be all the same to them

A house crouched in the darkness about twenty yards ahead on the other side of a ditch No lights shone in the s, and all was silent

Liam opened the door with the faintest click "I want you to stay here and keep out of sight" No ue, just quiet seriousness "Nate obviously has a gun Connor and I can sneak up on hiht co She slid down on the seat, so she could still see but blend into the darkness

Liam vanished Myka tried to keep hione The faintest rustle of grass told her he wastoward the house

Another rustle sounded, not as subtle Myka saw the grass stir, caught starlight on aas a lionlike wildcat

It was hell to sit there and wait, but Myka knew she’d be foolish to rush up to the door and bang on it, much as she wanted to If Nate was in there, he’d either answer the door ready to shoot, or have his girlfriend hustle Jordan and Ella out the back, or both

Myka clenched her hands She i low like lions stalking prey on the veldt They’d make it to the houseand then what?