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Even so, hoould they return to her lodge with hiraphers would be ht need clothes before we hike down”

“Outside, I have plenty to choose from”

“What about the bear? It killed those olves, and there’s still a blizzard”

Lev grinned “I was that bear, Goldilocks”

“Wait, I thought your kind can only go wolf?”

“That is true However, I have a mutation that allows me to shift into other predators for a brief period Complements of Chernobyl”

“Does that include big cats, as in a lion?” Could he have turned into a lion and killed the Boko Haraed lion only killed the terrorists and not the prisoners Would he have gone through all that trouble to avenge her near death at their hands? Her gratitude for being her uilt over their deaths, not because they didn’t deserve justice, but because he had turned into her own personal assassin

“Our secret” He winked and then shifted into the bear No bone breaking or joint twisting Just a shimmer and then poof He pawed the ice pack with his massive claws and it melted

Awestruck, she gaped as the big bear shoved snow and packed her back into the cave

Clever woured out he had returned to Africa and killed the rowled Why had he told her so ht of him as a freak Yet, she, her father, and a few select members of Team Greyere the only ones that knew he could shift into other beasts

No tiathered the dead lycans Near zero visibility from the blizzard, Lev viewed the mess he made of them Heads, ripped torsos and huone after hiain Odd Most wolves re as humans This was the first time he’d run across it

Lev ram He’d contact Rylee and see if she knew of a pack that wore that syed to the alpha A good fit He buried them and their abandoned clothes deep below the snow Lev paused and gazed at the sky How many lycans would return? Nevertheless, he and Rachel would be long gone He wouldn’t risk being outnu Rachel to find out who they were Once in safe territory, they’d figure who exactly they were In the et the hell out of here

Lev covered all signs of blood and guts When this pack returned, they’d realize she was under the protection of the LIA He iined they wanted her for an alpha ed No one would have her She belonged to hireed Sure, he was a freak, but how did they knoouldn’t produce superior olves rather than mutants Or could he be sterile? He’d refused to have his seo of being top ould end knowing he’d never father children Even

mutant ones

He sniffed around for any lanced at the cave Could he really control his need to feed from her blood and ravish her body and soul until his wolf sated? Guilt shadowed his desire Maybe bringing Rachel back to be a member of the pack was aher haunted hi of their strict pack code of behavior Humans were considered property of their olfto every lobe-trotting doctor