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Channing subdued, the oxblood wolf turned his angry yellow glare on the rest of the pack

The ones sober enough to have realised what had just happened were already backing away fro at Winkle’s feet, wrapped in her striped dress like a bathing towel and looking thoroughly ashaiven Rabiffano’s expression of annoyance, was a good decision

Two of the pack, Ulric and Quinn, in huone on the for at the drones – male ones, thank heavens; at least they weren’t so stupid as to shove a lady But still… pushing… in public!

Rabiffano attacked the for his neck and fortunately getting only shoulder He took a bite out of theUlric’s coat and leaving hi in the street

Then Rabiffano went for Quinn The si to shift Rabiffano sliced for thehis neck in sudden realisation of who had attacked, Rabiffano veered off, only to cho at a e

It must hurt Rabiffano terribly to have to enact justice Not only because he liked his fellow pack members, but also because he disliked the wanton destruction of perfectly good clothing It was Uncle Rabiffano, after all, who tookthem, Rue realised But that’s Paw’s job! Except Paasn’t there She looked around, hoping to see her father’s h the crowd, but nothing disturbed the fascinated onlookers

The whole uncouth business had taken only a few eous it could not possibly be kept secret The entire London Pack had just behaved very badly indeed, and their Alpha wasto ration policies

On the bright side, Rue thought, otten while the three parentals deal with this

Nevertheless, she couldn’t suppress her fear This was the London Pack, the tamest olves in the country They didn’t drink, certainly not in public! So for the it was to do with Paw All those ru looks

She shook herself like a wet dog No! He’s fine, sie

It was only aConstabulary in tow Rue would rather not be in wolf form when they did so Supernatural creatures may be out in society but they weren’t permitted to be untidy about it Reports would need to be filed Uncle Rabiffano would have to explain everything The others were clearly not capable of coherent speech Rue thought it best – given Queen Victoria’s oh-so-recent admonition to stay out of trouble – that she make herself scarce

She nodded to Rabiffano, as circulating, keeping a careful eye on the reh, decoru hinity didn’t concern her With a toss of her head, she flicked the dress to drape over her back so as to drag as little as possible Holding it carefully with her teeth, she trotted towards Da his head, followed