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"So why do all this?" Eric asked He turned his head a little in the direction of the hallway leading to the laundry roo that would cause Quinton to glance in that direction and see Tom

Tom quickly assessed the situation Quinton stood near the couch armed with a 9 mm revolver Mr Winston sat on the opposite end

"Are you sure nobody wants anything to eat? I’ry," Mr Winston said

"No!" Quinton snapped "Eric, look out theSee if Anthony’s brother or the others are co"

Anthony flushed the toilet and ran the water full blast in the sink,more noise for Tom He’d have to thank the kid later And Eric

As soon as Eric moved toward the front , Toun hand and fired

The sound reverberated through the house The bullet hit Quinton in the hand He screa around and dove for hi the older e of a table with a thunk and crumpled to the wooden floor

Anthony rushed out of the bathroom "I missed all of it! You should have waited for me!"

"That was the whole point--to ensure you h You did a daood job, Anthony, Eric" Tom stalked over to check on Quinton

Eric exaet so for the front door

Anthony glanced out the"Holy crap Wait, Mr Winston! North’s pulling the sled and headed toward the house"

Toet loose?

"Elizabeth, Minx?" To for the

"A red wolf is on the sled S alongside the sled I think it n of Cody or Minx"

To as soon as he heard Anthony say a red as on the sled Once he was nude, he shifted Anthony ran to open the front door for hied out of the house and across the snow to tackle Sefton, figuring that’s who the wolf had to be, hoping North would stay out of it At least North was unarmed unless he shifted Elizabeth was tied to the sled, blood on herwhen she saw Tom He wanted to free her, but first he had to deal with Sefton

The fight with Sefton wouldn’t be fair, but from what Tom could see, her half brother had already injured Elizabeth, and he had tried to kill her before Sefton’s right flank was bleeding, which ood bite first To to untie Elizabeth

What was he doing? Whose side was he on?

To his powerful jaws, but he only rab a , Tom smelled fear on the red wolf He should be fearful To to get the wolf’s neck, but Sefton bolted out of his path Toht with hiainst the trunk of a spruce, heavy snow on the branches shaking so hard from the wolves’ movements that it created ablood Sefton yipped and ju on his fur as he escaped another chomp of Tom’s wicked canines that missed him by inches

"Tom, watch out! Sefton killed Elizabeth’s parents!" North shouted