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"I aic shi a rohite, white teeth "Then the wolves are also friends to you, Madeline Black Tellthe wolf-killer?"

I hesitated Wade seeels, but I was certain that Samiel’s existence was a closely kept secret And as Beezle had pointed out, there was no way to be sure that Sa them Even if I was a true friend of the wolves, there was no need to dom

"I caical pulse in the area," I said I felt it was important to tell the truth as much as possible, since Wade seemed to be able to tell when a person lied "We followed the trail of ic to the body I washorrified by the murder, and wanted to find out who killed the wolf, but ere unable to discover anything concrete"

"And today?"

"I was grocery shopping at Jehen the sa happened"

Wade sniffed the air I felt tense I needed the wolf to believe ical conflicts inthe ire of a pack of olves

"Very well," he said, and some of the tension drained out of hter in this matter"

"How is it that you know Lucifer?" I said curiously

"I have otiations with the fallen," he said, and grinned "The olves of Wisconsin are sworn enerandfather will be happy to hear that you have reestablished good relations"

I felt the blood drain froain

"Never, ever play chess with a et chess I was still playing Candy Land

A little while later we parted ways fro especially helpful Wade, Jude and the third wolf, whose naels had been present, but also so that they could not identify I’d carefully avoided Gabriel’s glance when the men said that There was no need to share any information about Raathered up the re I valiantly suppressed the urge to boot as they scooped completely unidentifiable bits of flesh and bone into the sack Jude glared sullenly at Gabriel and myself all the while, like he would follow his alpha’s orders but was reserving judg gaze Obviously the other tolves did not share Wade’s assessment of ain, Madeline Black En Taro Adun!"

"What the hell does that mean?" Itranslator?" he snapped He was feeling cranky because he’d hnuts--I’d dropped the basket at Jewel--and he’d also uely "It doesn’t sound like olf language"