Only His Wolf Remembers

water in my memor

ing me toward a light that kept moving farther away. The sensation remained even th

r gone int

. It was 4:08 Monday morning. Nineteen people had been located at the old dock. And the word

away the consultation notes. Eighteen survivors of the old rescue had stayed overnight because the demolit

ave the Hall. No cold service road und

ion I could not see. When I pushed for more, the pressure receded: no image, no phrase, no memory transfer. The q

efore I could try again. "If you're a

people c

play beside me, then met my eyes. "Investigator Mercer i

boundary. I di

. Hollis Mercer took the chair across from me. My aunt Ione sat near the door, composed in the same gray coat sh

opposing counsel without anyon

y," I said, "I need th

people along the corridor and shore. I can't give you anyone's medical info

ing since the ambulances left. They're frightened. Nell told me she can'

ulled N

sed her palm to the glass. "That doesn't

s, parents waiting for calls, people who had trusted me to host a saf

a reason. Until the county knows more, Romy should r

trail scent from the Second Wild: cold pine and ozone at a sheer threshold. The fluorescent hum matched a frequency I'd felt

nsent to th

. "This is not the hour to make

ity keeps her anyw

rescent light buzzed. Someone

Ione's cleansing would open it again. I heard her. Then I chose the

ice before sunrise. I could

her phone. No one searches her belongings. If

indow. "And if she walk

controlled property and records. We don't preten

ecting her,"

hen we're afraid of the person in it." I looked at

ed the original system data. Preliminary review supports Romy's account: she was

image Hollis had summarized was supposed to

ge exists. So does the label with her name. Neither has been authenticated. We don't know whet

ut her in two pla

corrected. "That's why no one in this

ablet. "A sensible reason to keep

he same as cont

not the same as in

ree

o appeared to understand what had happened beyond the visible walk to the lake. Tha

ows, and we give her room to set conditions before

You would let a banished memb

e person decide wh

e anything. They should

rewrite, move, or privately investigate records that might matter; keep originals with their lawful custodi

swered on the second ring, her voice aw

perline-held records connected to the old dock," I said. "No edits. No cl

aid. "Do you want me to

nt material and cooperate with Hol

ssed. "Un

tudied me as if I had chang

aps

did not relax. "What do I

n before the alarm. The old-dock image remains under investigation. She is not detained, and

expected from an Alpha. It was more ho

in list sealed in a clear document sleeve. Hollis took the copy only a

names once.

e eightee

rs attended," Ione said. "

n his notebook. "Fire and res

the dock." I traced the list from Nell Kittredge at the to

closer. "Who

had been thirteen when Romy brought the group home. She worked sec

m voice she had used all night. "Perry report

missed the consultat

as the only one of Romy's

he nineteenth