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Ellison eyed the office door between him and Maria, a barrier he needed to break down That Liarowl in irritation

Maria lived in Shiftertown under the Morrisseys’ protection, staying now in Liaht here by Liao after she’d been rescued froone to stay with her brother, who lived way out in El Paso and who had sponsored her to get her a visa But the brother had made it clear that he, like her parents still in Mexico, considered Maria ruined goods and a disgrace to the family

Maria had returned to Shiftertown after six ot hired on at the bar he ed In her off time, Maria cleaned houses, ran errands, and looked after cubs for Shifters who paid her She worked nonstop, her energy ah, that Maria could be a Shifter with staht out a brooreat alpha Feline, leader of his pride, his clan, and all of Shiftertoent to work sweeping up the glass Spike, one of the rabbed ahim

Another Lupine stopped next to Ellison--Broderick, as in the second wolf pack in Shiftertown Ellison’s pack was very small Most of his clan had died out in the wild, their i just before Shifters took the Collar, leaving Ellison, his sister, and his sister’s tiny cubs alone Shiftertown had been good to therow up unhar the office door, behind which Maria rested, his gray eyes intense

Ellison tightened, the wolf in hi itself to take down a rival Ellison kept his voice ood"

"I mean she needs to be mated Soon Now"

"I knohat you meant" Asshole "But she’s off-limits" Liam and Dylan had made that clear "To you, to me, to all Shifters"

"That’s bullshit This is a Shiftertown full of aame was a female without a mate, a clan, a pack or pride A female whose mate had died and who had no faame, as was a female stolen fros was another term Ellison had heard

Maria wasn’t quite the same First, she was human, and second, she was definitely under Morrissey protection

Good thing she was As soon as Maria had returned to Shiftertown, intending to stay a while,around Maria had formerly been mated to a Shifter, she smelled of Shifters, and Shifters were desperate forEllison

"She’s off-lihed He was tall and rangy, with a buzz cut and white gray eyes "And don’t you just hate that?"

Ellison did Maria was lovely, with her black hair, red s she wore to waitress, but Ellison saw the bleakness in her eyes Her life had been destroyed by Shifters, and she was hurt, and she grieved

He eyed the blank panel of the closed door, knowing Maria was hurting behind it He wanted to go to her, put his arht I’ll fix everything for you