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She wanted to say that Hunter seemed to be attracted to her even if she was human And so was this Yoloff But maybe Hunter didn’t really want her Sure, he had said that all along Not per run She could never be as wild as their kind It wasn’t in her nature Look at her bedrooowns in summer, but he was probably used to his wo nude, but it just seemed… weird Especially since she was alone Well, even with a guy unless they werefor her response She was sure her cheeks were rosy red as hot as they felt

"Okay, so what about my other questions? Where do you live? Around here? I’ve never seen you in town before"

"Farther west," Jessup said

"So what brought you here?"

"Looking for mates Redmond already said so But we couldn’t find any Not until we caught Meara’s scent We were curious about you, too, because Yoloff wanted you So we’ve been hanging around, trying to catch sight of you"

But Tessa kneasn’t true because Butch had been at the trial "Did you see Hunter fighting the other gray?"

"No, but if we had, ould have come to his aid"

She didn’t think Jessup or his friends would have helped Hunter Why would they? When he was sure to keep them away from his sister

Unless that’s why Jessup and his buddies were hanging around here To get rid of Hunter and it had nothing to do with Tessa Sure, and then one of them could claih he would probably have a fight on his hands But if Hunter had died and she was so distraught over losing him, Jessup or one of the others would cootten his ith her then

Jessup cast a glance at his buddies, looking a little unco to Hunter’s aid when he fought the gray

"What about Bethany?"

"We were curious about what had happened to her Sometimes the police can’t pick up clues that we can," Jessup said

Rourke stood taller "Why would you care?"

Jessup raised a black bushy brow "We wondered if they had the right ain "If you’re not from this area, and the killer wasn’t part of your pack, what difference would it ed "Just curious Like I said"

Before Tessa could ask them another question, everyone but her turned their attention to the front of the house She didn’t hear anything, but she assumed they must have

The door slammed open and Hunter stood in the entryway, his face dark as he considered the three newroom Leidolf stalked in beside him and his expression was just as lethal

Jessup, Redantly sure of themselves to ready to run out the back door as they ether and took a step backward

"Meara?" Hunter roared, although he kept his eyes on the three htail it out of here, but your future mate insisted they co of Tessa’s stalker," Meara said, her voice a little shaky

Tessa ied subtly as he looked at Tessa, not as angry, but she couldn’t grasp what he was feeling He jerked his attention back to the three grays "Start talking"

His voice vibrated with raw anger and a shiver even streaked up Tessa’s spine

"We already told her who the stalker is Yoloff"

"So which one of you killed Bethany?" Hunter asked, his voice still threatening

"You got it wrong, mister," Jessup quickly said "Sure, ent to her house and checked the place out We were looking for valuables She wasn’t there any longer to care"

"Thieves? You three are thieves?" Tessa asked, her voice rife with disbelief

"We had nothing to do with her death," Redht have killed her though So we looked around for any evidence the police ht have missed But we’d never met the lady"

Tessa pointed to Butch "Why was he at my brother’s trial then?"

Hunter focused on Butch, and he shrank under the harsh scrutiny "The lady is mistaken," he quickly said "I told her so already I wasn’t there Don’t know anything about it"

"Police car just drove up in the driveway," Leidolf warned

Someone yelled from the driveway "Hello!"

"Deputy William O’Neal," Ashton and Rourke said at the same time

"I’ll take care of him," Rourke said

Before he made it to the door, the deputy poked his head inside "Is everyone all right? Sheriff got a call that Rourke’s truck careened down a hill We didn’t find anyone so assuht, but I had to make sure"