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"Yeah, I know, but if you do go through with it, she might learn to trust you and you guys can stop playing games." Audrey beamed at him, very satisfied with herself. "See? It all works out in the end."
Kane couldn't figure out how to respond to that and was relieved when Tao interrupted them. He lumbered over to stand next to Audrey's chair. "How did things go at the police station today?"
"Fine. I told them exactly what you told me to." It helped that no one believed in werewolves. People were happy to look for logical and human explanations for the smashed in windows on his cruiser. "What are we going to do about this hunter?" Kane asked.
"Set a trap and herd him into it." Tao cocked his head toward Kai. "Then Kai will do his thing and send him on his way."
"Just like before," Audrey said, her voice soft.
"Yeah, just like that." Tao gave her a crooked smile and reached out to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "We’ve got this, baby. We’ve done it before. This hunter isn’t going to get his prey. We’re way ahead of him."
Audrey leaned into her mate with a little sigh. "Good. I hope you’re right. I miss the days when staying safe meant locking my doors, not going after people to get them before they get us." She tilted her head back and looked up at Tao. "Is this how all werewolves live?"
"Not usually," Tao said. "Most packs have established their pack lands and have been there. We’re new, which makes it harder for us."
Kane watched as the pair looked into each other’s eyes and tried not to be jealous. Tao and Audrey were a tight couple, always seeming to know what the other needed. He’d witnessed the way they synced together many times and had begun to wonder if he would ever have a relationship like that.
As if reading his mind, Audrey’s gaze flickered over to him. "Don’t forget what I said Sheriff."
"About what?" Tao gave Kane a curious look.
She waved her mate off with a hand. "Nothing, just something we were talking about."
Kane took that as his cue to make a quick exit. Standing up he gave a little bow to Audrey. "Thanks for hosting us all again." Turning to Tao, he offered his hand. "Let me know if you need me."
Tao shook the sheriff’s hand. "My brothers and I will be running patrols around the clock. If you want a shift, it’s yours."
Kane nodded. "I can take one, but not tomorrow. I have to work and..." He glanced at Audrey and decided not to say anything about the dinner with his mom. It was bad enough to have the alpha’s mate butting into his love life, he didn’t want to invite the alpha too. "I’ll be off the next day and can take a full day shift. That would give you guys a break."
"That would be great. I would ask the others, but they don’t have the experience you do." Tao walked with Kane to the front door of the small ranch home he shared with Audrey. "We need folks who either know how to wolf or know how to handle people like a hunter. You’re the only one we’ve got."
"Don’t forget Danielle," Kane said.
Tao rubbed his chin, considering Kane’s suggestion."When was the last time she worked in the field?"
"A while, but she has the training."
Tao lifted one big shoulder in a shrug. "I’ll talk to her, but I don’t think a desk job at the station gives her the same instincts you have. And the others are not ready for what needs to be done right now. They don’t know what to look for or how to deal with it."
"Maybe with time…" Kane started.
Tao finished for him. "Oh yeah, people are going to learn. Especially as they get used to their wolf. The problem now is they don’t understand they aren’t the same and never will be. They’re still fighting the shift, still thinking they can control their destinies." Tao shook his head. "My brother did more than turn you all into wolves, he changed your whole lives."
"That he did," Kane said, his stomach clenching as he remembered his run-in with the wolf, Nick. He was glad Tao and his
"Yeah, I know, but if you do go through with it, she might learn to trust you and you guys can stop playing games." Audrey beamed at him, very satisfied with herself. "See? It all works out in the end."
Kane couldn't figure out how to respond to that and was relieved when Tao interrupted them. He lumbered over to stand next to Audrey's chair. "How did things go at the police station today?"
"Fine. I told them exactly what you told me to." It helped that no one believed in werewolves. People were happy to look for logical and human explanations for the smashed in windows on his cruiser. "What are we going to do about this hunter?" Kane asked.
"Set a trap and herd him into it." Tao cocked his head toward Kai. "Then Kai will do his thing and send him on his way."
"Just like before," Audrey said, her voice soft.
"Yeah, just like that." Tao gave her a crooked smile and reached out to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "We’ve got this, baby. We’ve done it before. This hunter isn’t going to get his prey. We’re way ahead of him."
Audrey leaned into her mate with a little sigh. "Good. I hope you’re right. I miss the days when staying safe meant locking my doors, not going after people to get them before they get us." She tilted her head back and looked up at Tao. "Is this how all werewolves live?"
"Not usually," Tao said. "Most packs have established their pack lands and have been there. We’re new, which makes it harder for us."
Kane watched as the pair looked into each other’s eyes and tried not to be jealous. Tao and Audrey were a tight couple, always seeming to know what the other needed. He’d witnessed the way they synced together many times and had begun to wonder if he would ever have a relationship like that.
As if reading his mind, Audrey’s gaze flickered over to him. "Don’t forget what I said Sheriff."
"About what?" Tao gave Kane a curious look.
She waved her mate off with a hand. "Nothing, just something we were talking about."
Kane took that as his cue to make a quick exit. Standing up he gave a little bow to Audrey. "Thanks for hosting us all again." Turning to Tao, he offered his hand. "Let me know if you need me."
Tao shook the sheriff’s hand. "My brothers and I will be running patrols around the clock. If you want a shift, it’s yours."
Kane nodded. "I can take one, but not tomorrow. I have to work and..." He glanced at Audrey and decided not to say anything about the dinner with his mom. It was bad enough to have the alpha’s mate butting into his love life, he didn’t want to invite the alpha too. "I’ll be off the next day and can take a full day shift. That would give you guys a break."
"That would be great. I would ask the others, but they don’t have the experience you do." Tao walked with Kane to the front door of the small ranch home he shared with Audrey. "We need folks who either know how to wolf or know how to handle people like a hunter. You’re the only one we’ve got."
"Don’t forget Danielle," Kane said.
Tao rubbed his chin, considering Kane’s suggestion."When was the last time she worked in the field?"
"A while, but she has the training."
Tao lifted one big shoulder in a shrug. "I’ll talk to her, but I don’t think a desk job at the station gives her the same instincts you have. And the others are not ready for what needs to be done right now. They don’t know what to look for or how to deal with it."
"Maybe with time…" Kane started.
Tao finished for him. "Oh yeah, people are going to learn. Especially as they get used to their wolf. The problem now is they don’t understand they aren’t the same and never will be. They’re still fighting the shift, still thinking they can control their destinies." Tao shook his head. "My brother did more than turn you all into wolves, he changed your whole lives."
"That he did," Kane said, his stomach clenching as he remembered his run-in with the wolf, Nick. He was glad Tao and his
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