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With wide eyes, Willia else, I swear I just want to live in peace with my family" Beads of sweat rolled down the side of his face as he looked back and forth between the, Liam turned and strode back to the vehicle Once they were inside, he started the engine, then headed back to the ranch "We lost the trail at a crossroads last night, but what he’s saying ht be true There’s a lot of farmland and mountainous terrain to the east Good place to hide just about anything or anyone"

Liam started to say more when Connor’s voice sounded in his head Get back to the ranch Ryan finally cracked the encryption We

On our way, he projected back

He quickly relayed the e to Jayce and was aluised hope that rolled off the other wolf The sweet, pure scent was co shifter It didn’tto cover his eer than any of that

Silently Liah about the APL, and the fact that they had no issues targeting wo And after what Williahts

They would find her They had to

Decee back to her twentieth custo They’d been unusually busy and she shouldn’t have had ti, but unfortunately that’s all she could do She was lost in her head

Worried about Parker Scared out of her mind for Kat And confused about Lia on her , she wasn’t sure as going on The cold, distant side of Liaet used to

While she understood they were both stressed, she wanted to lean on hioing to take the next step in this relationship, she couldn’t deal with someone who didn’t see her as an equal As the bell above the door jingled behind the last customer, she strode toward the front door and locked it

Then she turned the OPEN sign to CLOSED

"What are you doing?" Erin came out from behind one of the aisles Her red hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail and Deceht the petite she-wolf had some kind of weapons underneath her thick down jacket She hadn’t taken her coat off alland December knew that shifters weren’t as affected by the cold as humans

She lifted an eyebrow at the she-wolf "What does it look like?"

Erin’s eyes narrowed "You’re supposed to keep your shop open"

She began turning off the front lights "Yeah, well, things change I can’t stay here working whileThis is insane" She’d already gotten more than a few comments from locals who’d stopped by to see why she had her shop open And they were right She shouldn’t be here Her brother was recovering frounshot wound and everyone no that Kat had been taken Of course no one kneho all they could, but they had no leads either

"Lia to be pissed" Erin’s voice ary

"I don’t really care He’s not here" And he’d seen fit to keep her in the dark about a lot of stuff

Erin shrugged, then sighed "What do you need to do to close up?"

She nodded to the line of lights on the far wall "Turn those off and I’ to runthe store allfrom outside knocked on the front door, so Erin let hinored the curious look he gave her and Erin Let the she-wolf explain it

As Deceuely heard Erin telling the other shifter as going on When she finished, she set the alarer seat of Erin’s truck, she called Lia, but we’re co here is stupid Whoever took Kat got what they want They’re not going to be hanging around town I want to help And if I can’t, I’ back to the hospital I’ll just wait around until Parker decides to pull his head out of his ass" The words spilled from her like a waterfall

Liam cursed but quickly acquiesced Probably because he knew he had no choice "Fine, but I won’t be here when you get back"

"Where are you going?"