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Slade had not bothered covering his scent, since he wanted theone down a canyon and then up the rocks to the other side She followed his Yukon wolf aroe, the ocean’s waves pounded the rocks with thunderous claps The black helicopter hovered low, still searching, while their olf team tracked them

She cocked her head and turned

The enerowled “Get over here, runt!”

Cricket’s hackles rose, and she growled in challenge “I’ll show you who the runt is, rel”

He snarled and stalked forward “Bitch!”

The flash of a white wolf springing out of the brush and a single yelp stopped her froe

Slade broke the beta’s neck and dropped the dead wolf

Cricket looked back “Co for you”

“Us”

“No, only you, the alpha Me, well I’ll either be i disposed”

He growled in response “Not before I break all their necks”

“Two of the men carry tranquilizers”

He grinned “You know those don’t work on me”

“You can’t protect me from so many”

A wolf howled behind them and a human shouted, “They’re up here”