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“Not sure, but I hope so I don’t need to go wolf as often as others” She also wanted to get back to work in their biotech lab, but escaping Slade’s needy alpha presence took precedence

“Makes sense Tea the woods and tohere the other teres disappeared”

She wrinkled her nose “How many more loners are out there?”

“Only nine, but they’ve all been accounted for and ordered to the nearest pack until the king and LIA determines it’s safe”

Cricket continued the interview “So the last time you met with Randi, as his state of mind?”

“Happy He loved life outside his pack Though he travelled to Santa Cruz, he lived in the La Honda woods Not as private as the other lone wolves, but isolated enough to go ithout notice”

“Did he have a girlfriend?” Betas weren’t allowed to date huh reason for him to disappear from the warden’s radar

“No He was in a serious relationship with Brenda, a beta froon pack She just didn’t want to live outside her pack, and he didn’t want to join another Brenda is brokenhearted and adht have left her pack for him”

“Was he despondent that she wanted to stay with her pack?”

“Not at all He was confidant she’d eventually move in with him He even remodeled his kitchen”

“Yet, he disappeared from the face of the earth” No doubt murdered “What about Allen and Erik?”

“Allen, a part-time ski instructor, mostly stayed in his cabin with his two Siberian huskies You know fros were shot about ten miles from his cabin”

“He one wolf after his pets’ killer” The more she learned, the more she suspected they were murdered But why? They kept to theain The cowards went after the lone wolves first

Cody shrugged “Possibly”

Cricket furrowed her brows “Although, his last scent was from a local cafe”