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Pablo had couessed he’d bet on Broderick But then, Broderick hadn’t fallen from a balcony onto stairs and had two crazed cheetahs in their Transition land on hie of the cheetahs When they’d turned to human, they’d been two males in their late twenties, twins, who had lived as captives on a wealthy woman’s estate in New York The woman had asked Bradley to take them back when they hit their Transition and becaer had been solicitous of the two, and Dylan was arranging for them to be taken into the Austin Shiftertown

They owed another debt to Pablo He’d stayed behind after the Shifters had piled into various vehicles to leave, taking care of the re he’dhit Bradley had made many enemies Pablo had looked around the house and at the kitchen with approval, and said he’d try to buy the place Ellison suspected he’d provide jobs for Bradley’s mercenaries, now that their boss was dead The battle today was all to Pablo’s gain

As for Denishe stood straight and tall beside Maria Shooting Bradley see worry in her eyes had gone, and her cubs, standing behind her, were there to comfort her Whether she’d thrown off the episodes of herremained to be seen, but Deni no exactly what had happened to her, and who had done it

Bradleyto capture her--maybe he’d mistaken her for a cub, or maybe someone had asked for a female Shifter the sae Ellison’s rage hadn’t calmed down about that Maria had declared her new mission to track down all those who’d purchased Shifters--adult or cub--and release the captives Ellison agreed They’d start toht, he needed to take out Broderick

Two refs stood between the two combatants They thuht"

The refs scattered, and Ellison went for Broderick Broderick sidestepped, whirled, and shifted at the same time Mistake Broderick landed in Ellison’s furred ar into his half-Shifter beast

Broderick squir as his wolf Ellison followed, the pain in his ribs slowing hie to shift to his half beast and catch Ellison across the torso with his clawed hands

Ellison danced back, landing on all fours as a wolf He launched hi his teeth into Broderick’s throat

He found his mouth full of the loose fur as Broderick ca Ellison’s body, but Ellison held on

Broderick finally twisted all the way around, and Ellison’s teeth slipped Blood dripped fro Ellison into a frenzy

"No killing!" one of the refs yelled

Too late Ellison’s rage was up Broderick wanted to steal his mate In the wild, males tried to abduct fee and its rules had been set up to protect the scarce fees didn’t end in the kill, but Ellison wanted it