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Daegan lifted a shoulder "Dovia is a vampire You follow the Trad preference to kill huht to live no more value than the fisherman does the fish he has snared While I don't believe you intend to harard for his kind means a mistake could be made John is quite important to all of us"

"I suppose the non-Trad kind of valy "Where humans are important when it suits your purpose Whether it's for food or fucktoys, or to be a bellboy, they're still being used according to vaht? Your property"

John's eyes had widened Maybe Lyssa didn't let vae around hi raised in some Beaver Cleaver style household

It stuck in Cai's craw He didn't like Daegan's even tone Yeah, nothing he'd said was technically wrong But Cai felt like the hillbilly vaht just decide to eat the help because he didn't "know no better"

Fuck all of the around and talk to Lyssa in the evening, he would Or he'd take off and say forget it

He'd opened his mouth to spout out just that when he felt Rand's approach The as coh that he turned to John, gave him a wink and said, "Look over there, kid"

Rand e a log as he did He appeared to sail into the clearing, landing with powerful grace Cai wasn't sure what the de, but he did notice Rand slowed down quite a bit after only a couple loping strides

But that was before the pack of Irish wolfhounds came around the house at a full run

There were six of theiant an had realized they were co even sooner, because he was already on his feet But for the first time since Cai had met the male, he looked at a loss about what to do Well, fuck that Cai knew exactly what to do He could break a few dogs' necks before they set one tooth into Rand Rand was bigger and broader than any of them, but it was six to one, and the leader was no paht

Cai heard John and Gideon shouting, trying to call the dogs back Standing on the porch steps, they were too far away to affect the dogs' course They obviously didn't answer to any of the men present

Rand had spun toward the threat Even before the old, Cai felt the wolf take over He braced hirowl in his throat, lips peeled back

It served the purpose of slowing the ongoing pack, but only so they could strategize They split into a circle around hi hie

The upperof the house slammed open and Lyssa leaned out "Bran!" she snapped, strident as a fish ould gut anyone who didn't ie! Down Go to John Go to John now"

The pack leader hesitated, territorial aggression warring with soreen eyes fixed on him like a laser The rest of the pack milled, uncertain

Rand stayed in his i attack pose, and now Cai knehat he could do He reached for the human part of Rand Shift, Rand Let them see you're not a wolf That will confuse the shit out of them and ramp everyone down a few notches

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No They live here The dogs are protecting their hos Shift, Rand Shift for me

The wolf backed up,whatever co Relief swept him as Rand let out a frustrated snarl and his body shiy that passed over him before the bones started to stretch and alter His head bowed and then caave Cai a sye in his own neck Another couple blinks and Rand stood there Impressively naked, but very much not a wolf

The wolfhounds whined, started back All but that lead dog, the one who still had wolf suessed he was Bran He kept his steady gaze fixed on Rand, his posture re stiff and combative With a huff of frustration, Lyssa disappeared Less than a blink later, she was next to John, pressing a brief hand on his shoulder before she marched down the rest of the steps

"Males," she was"Testosterone-driven idiots, the lot of you" Her hair was caught in a tail on her nape and she wore a dress that had dirt on it, suggesting she'd beengardening? There was a se of soil on her nose Cai wondered if she knew it, but he sure as hell wasn't going to point it out

She'd reached the dogs and put her hand on Bran, tugging at his collar Noting the eye contact between theraphical , so that would make sense, but would she have done a secondthat to an animal