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Maria’s eyes widened into a glare "Are we going or not?"

"Yep" Ellison gripped her shoulder again "I’ you, because I know that if I don’t, you’ll follow me, and I can’t be worried about where you are So you’ll stay with ht, you do it, all right?"

"Of course I will I don’t have teeth and claws, or a handy weapon, so what could I do?" She looked up at hiave her another suspicious look, but he nodded, as though he accepted her words "Fine Let’s go get backup"

Backup meant, first, Ronan, who didn’t want to co in his front door and filling the entire doorfra for us to empty Shiftertown? Then they come in for the rest of our cubs?"

Olaf peeked out from behind Ronan, and Ellison are of Scott and Rebecca in the background Ellison seethed with i frorabhappen to the cubs--you know that"

"You got that right," Rebecca said She was tall, like most Shifter women, but when she shifted to her Kodiak bear, in all of Shiftertown, only Ronan was bigger

"And I’m not chopped liver," Scott said "Anyone comes for Cherie and Olaf, and I’ll let my craziness come out"

"We need you Ronan," Ellison said

"And if he’s too ame"

Broderick The wolf Shifter stood on the walk between Ronan’s house and converted garage, arms folded "I know you think I’m an assle," Broderick said before Ellison could speak "But I have nephews and younger brothers We cut this off at the source, Ronan"

Ronan stroked Olaf’s hair, pushed the lad gently behind hilared at Broderick "But I’ ainst Ronan, except

"Can we hurry?" Maria asked, as impatient as Ellison

"One more," Ellison said

He’d saved the best for last He knew that once Tiger joined them, the man wouldn’t want to slon to let Ellison pick up anyone else