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In her state, Maria’s uel’s Shifters, come to find her She clamped her mouth closed over her cries of panic and fled into the tunnel

"Maria!"

The sound of the war her Even with his worry, he kept the Texas drawl

Ellison An anchor, shelter fro in her when she saw his tall silhouette at the tunnel’s opening, his big cowboy hat a co steps toward Ellison, then stopped again as two other Shifters appeared behind hi here? The other was the Tiger man who lived in Liaer had never paid herin the darkness of the culvert

Ellison didn’t wait He ca hiht?"

He slid his arht, the ed a nod "It’s Olaf He’s gone exploring and won’t come out"

Ellison was like a rock His arm steadied her, and his warmth at her side quieted her fears His hat touched her hair, and then she felt his lips on the top of her head

"Stay put," he said "I’ll get hier--look after Maria"

"I’ll watch her," Broderick said, too quickly

"No You’ll come with rowl "I’ll take Maria ho inside Maria The fiery temper she’d been ashaet in there and find Olaf," she said to Broderick, pointing her finger down the tunnel "If he doesn’t come out, or one hair on his pelt is hurt, you can explain to Ronan why you didn’t go in after him"

Ellison chuckled, ain "You’re going to leave her with the crazy?"

Tiger said absolutely nothing, but when his yellow eyes flicked to Broderick, Broderick sed

Maria took a step closer to Tiger "I’ll be fine Get Olaf"

Brodericknoise but took off down the tunnel

"Be right back," Ellison said He touched his hat bried down the tunnel after Broderick

The wolf in Ellison didn’t like the tunnel of the culvert Wolves preferred wide meadohere they could run, or the quiet of woods that flowed for miles Wild wolves did hole up in dens, but those were shallow caves, not deep tunnels