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"What the hell," the sheriff said, his gun drawn

"A pair of wolves saved us fro

"Ashton?" The sheriff ran over to help his son

"These men knocked Ashton and Rourke out They planned to kill the whole lot of us"

The sheriff stared at Butch and Red at the sheriff in disbelief, Tessa untied Rourke All the ti anyone What if one of these guys had killed her?

Ashton ht you said no one had been seeing Bethany, that Michael had made it up How do you know they’d been here?"

The sheriff appeared flustered

"How?" Ashton asked his dad again, his eyes slightly glazed, his tone threatening

"Who the hell do you think you are, questioning lanced at the men and added under his breath, "The little whore"

Ashton’s face lost all its color "You were the one who discovered her body No one questioned you because you were the sheriff You said she’d called you because she worried Michael ry But she didn’t, did she? You used her phone to make the call You killed her Why?"

Tessa’s skin chilled

"Because," Hunter said, stalking in through the back door with a li bloodied, blood on his sweatshirt, his face bruised, his expression deadly, "Bethany reht, Sheriff? Didn’t want a two-tiht, Tessa’s eyes filled with tears of joy that Michael could be exonerated But the ave the sheriff warned her to keep her distance

What about Meara? Her clothes were lying on the floor next to the couch Cara’s gaze follohere Tessa looked, and Cara left Rourke, grabbed Meara’s clothes, and headed outside

"You ed the phone call," Hunter said

The sheriff reached for his revolver

His look feral, dangerously challenging, Hunter asked, "What are you going to do? Kill all of us? It’s over, Sheriff Tie and jury"

Chapter 17

SEARCHING FOR THE GOLD IN THE AREA BEYOND the house, Tessa tried to settle the way her stoe Graydon had obtained Michael’s release and agreed to try Sheriff Wellington for Bethany’s murder, she still felt badly for Ashton, as torn between hating his father and still loving hi privately with Hunter inside her house about HunterTessa his mate without her cousin’s perod the two could settle the matter without bloodshed, but she was annoyed they’d dismissed her like she didn’t have any say in the h, secondary to all that was the fact Hunter was still perturbed with her for biting her brother and changing hi it with her brother

She took a deep breath of the salty air and of the sea kelp rotting on the beach she normally despised But if it hadn’t blanketed the rock where Hunter had fallen, he probably wouldn’t have survived Where Yoloff and his brother had fallen, the tide had cleaned the rocks, leaving them bare and deadly The police had eventually found Andreas’s body on a different beach, thank god

She poked around the tree roots of awashed away a ton of soil, the snow long sincehad drawn her attention Metal? Soold!

Footsteps approached, crunching on the fallen leaves and she looked up to see hirandfather, Seth Greystoke, was known in these parts as the gray devil wolf, and Devlyn had taken after hih to hold the title A strap of leather tied back his coffee-colored, shoulder-length hair, his equally dark brown eyes studying her, no hint of a sed as Hunter’s, and he had the same kind of sturdy jaw Tall and just as broad-shouldered, his unyielding posture gave her the i alpha, not one to disobey

His eyes raked over her and his gaze focused on her hair, a hint of a s on his lips But then the scowl returned "It appears I’, dear cousin" His words were tight and terse

She stood and brushed the dirt off her hands, faced hih to look him in the eye, she had to anyway "I’m Hunter’s mate," she declared tohi to what Hunter had said about their kind

"In our way, I’d be co you without receiving my permission when he knew damn well I’d ordered hiht anyone would have ordered that of Hunter made her smile inwardly, but outwardly with Devlyn, she steeled her expression "I’m sure Hunter took your order under consideration, but my life was in peril and you weren’t here to protect htly "In truth, I didn’t believe either Hunter--after what Leidolf told me about him--or you, would mind me And now Hunter tells me you’ve turned your brother?" He raised a brow, his look still feral He tsked "I don’t envy the task Hunter has cut out for hi to meet you when she can travel With triplets on the way, she’s confined to her greenhouse and hole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>