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"She’s sick," Jake said

"Pregnant with triplets," Detective Connelly said urgently, looking as though he was afraid she’d expire on the spot

Sanderson looked at hiuy couldn’t be that naive

"If she were to miscarry," Jake said with dark proest tiazes in a shon of wills Then Sanderson said, "All right Get your lawyer You’ve got twenty-four hours Just let us knohere you’re staying until then"

Jake took Alicia’s arm and started to lead her to the door

"Who’s her doctor, by the way?" Detective Sanderson asked "Just in case we need to get in touch with hiave a sardonic snancy test, if you need it," Jake said sharply, then walked her out the door as To, Alicia?" Jake asked, as he took her out of the building and toward the SUV

"The s And the et away The wolf senses felt as though they were crushing ht"

"Sanderson’s a real bastard," Tom said "I could s, the location where he had motioned for you to sit initially"

"Same ploy I would have used as a detective," Peter said "Rattle the witness Secure any kind of statement that would help me to solve reen around the gills as she felt, she doubted her look was as annoyed as she wished to appear "I don’t believe you could be that ave her a small smile "Only with a nonwolf type as involved up to her hairline In your case, no, I wouldn’t have stooped so low But then, I wouldn’t have needed to"

She raised her brows at him in question

"I’m not out to solve this crio after the killers thehed and reached over to squeeze his arm "Thanks, Peter I didn’tbut kind to me"

"It’s been my pleasure, ma’aht be a wolf laho could represent us the e need him to"

Alicia noted that Jake fully quiet as he opened the SUV door for her He cleared his throat "I know a lawyer"

Both Tom and Peter looked surprised Alicia wondered if the man didn’t like newly turned wolves Why else would Jake seem so reluctant to mention him?

"Who?" Tom asked

"Sherry Slate"

The only reason he could be reluctant aboutto Jake An aard silence stretched between them

Finally, Jake closed the door and looked at Touessed Jakeit Peter looked just as surprised

When he got in the SUV, Jake said to Tom, "Take us to Hill and Sanders It’s a law fir was so quiet in the vehicle that Alicia could hear everyone’s heartbeats She finally took Jake’s arhtened his arm around her If she understood the ways of the olves, she knew he couldn’t have been seriously involved with Sherry They didn’t have any sexual intimacy unless they planned toAlicia’s advocate, Sherry could seal her fate

But she couldn’t, could she? As olves, wouldn’t doing so like that hurt all of their kind?

She relaxed a little as Jake’s hand caressed her shoulder She didn’t question hi he didn’t want to talk about her in front of Tom and Peter But then he et this out in the open before they met with the woman

"We’ve seen each other a couple of ti here first to drop off soalleries, as you recall" He was speaking to Tom and Peter "Sherry collectsanyone She was a wolf" Jake shrugged "We had lunch Took in athat she sounded so suspicious

He chuckled "No Nothing happened between us She’s very e and loves her job, her life here in the city, and her pack She wouldn’t have ever consideredto a small place like Silver Town There was never any spark between us It was just a mutual friendship"

So why had Jake been reluctant to ht it was more than that?" Alicia asked