WOLVES IN THE SHADOW

The files she had been working on earlier had been erased and wiped out before she could even back them up. The hac

ng scary shadows across her living room. The city was alive, busy with peop

fr

the feeling som

oved to the kitchen. She couldn't hear anything, b

ng the floor suddenly. Her heart seized immediately. The nois

th fear still placed on her fa

f. It was probably just her imagination playing w

ll trying to see clearly when the door to her apartment was force

ould find, a heavy flower vase placed

rom the door, but sh

just

ng. His eyes were yellow in the small lighted room, and his

dodged the attack by a mere chance, her heart still pounding as she threw the

ter. She grabbed one of the knives with her shaking hand. She turned to face h

im across the chest. He howled in pain, stumbling back slightly. The blood that came

A powerful force attacked the rogue werewolf from the side. The attacker

e, her knife still hel

acked the werewolf was

e V

re shining gold, and his features changed with the force of a predator. His movements were seriously fast,

ating, and it was real. Werewolves

ot a match for him. Dane's grip tightened, and the wicked struggle weaken

urning to their normal color. He saw Meera, his expression w

re broken. Dane was not just a businessman. He was not just an o

an to him? What di

Dane's voice was

oice being less and necessary. "It

erstand everything she had just seen. "Wha

d around the room with his eyes.

d that there were loud sounds to reach

s stable. His eyes were on him, fast and calculated. "But the

ning much more than disclosing. People are disappearing. For your qualities, whatever is hi

ity from. You don't understand what it means to find yourself in the middle of a war you can't even see. But I'm try

, her voice more determined than before. "I need the truth. The people need

you ask questions, you put yourself on their watch list, and they don't care who you are or what you think you know. They'll come for y

talking about? Who are they? So my f

of them. I never was. I had to make sacrifices to protect the city, to keep the war from appearing

gs to lose. I have my own reasons to find answers. And I will

also smart. And I know you are not going to give

t return. S

t that he was not trying to scare her. He was trying to protect her

lem. She didn't know

top them. "Tell me the truth. I can't do this alone. I don't kn

to," he said quietly. "But I can offer you som

ay out. I want to find the truth. I want to know who's behind all of this. I

ger, but he quickly controlled it

e you are on this path, no one is going back. The

was not sure what she would have to pay, but she knew

e apartment, and then there were heavy foots