came Elisabeth's voice.
I buried my face in Lara's stomach, and she pet me slowly. "I won't let anything happen to you."
"I know you won't," I said.
Elisabeth arrived at a run, knocking and not waiting for permission to enter.
"Alpha?" she asked.
"The Chicago wolves want a fox hunt. Michaela has asked for four enforcers while they are in our territory."
"Michaela asked?" she was shocked.
I rolled over. "Yes."
"I will handle it," Elisabeth said.
"Unless I am with the alpha, I want no fewer than two with me even if I'm in the bathroom, two more near by. Alpha, may Elisabeth be one."
"Elisabeth damned well is going to be one," Elisabeth said.
"Lara, I presume we're on some sort of high alert."
"Yes."
"Due to what I told you earlier, they can't get within five hundred yards of this compound if I am outside and awake. I am the best warning system we could have. And to be honest, I don't think Avery would even consider being quiet. I'd hear him at a mile."
"Hear?" Elisabeth said.
I looked at her. "Hear."
She put it together. "Oh, you little fox."
"That's hush hush," Lara said immediately. "She has her foxy ways and we don't understand them."
"Of course."
"Elisabeth, I will follow your orders absolutely, but I am safer if we use my ears as much as we can. But I get bored easily, too."
"Can you listen and be entertained at the same time?"
"Yes, as long as the entertainment isn't loud or too distracting."
"Alpha, if they were going to attack or attempt to steal our little fox, I anticipate the most dangerous time to be after midnight, but the little one is too wiped to stand watch tonight."
"I agree," she said.
"I will set a schedule," Elisabeth said.
"The alpha needs more than standard protection as well, Elisabeth."
"She'll get it. No arguments, Lara."
"No arguments," Lara agreed.
"I want the two of you to stay together," Elisabeth said. "As much as possible."
"I like that plan," I said. "So much for my job."
"They're leaving Friday," Elisabeth said.
"Bayfield won't be safe until this is over," Lara said. She looked down at me. "Under orders until this is over."
"My job."
"I'll handle it. Your boss will get another phone call."
"They will get tired of this eventually."
"We'll have another solution by then," Lara said. "I'd rather you just quit, but I understand why you don't want to."
"Angel would be devastated," I said.
Lara laughed. "Angel would get over it. She would be far more devastated if something were to happen-" She broke off. "Did she go back to Bayfield today?"
"Yes," said Elisabeth. "I'll handle it." She picked up her phone, then waited. I heard a sleepy Angel respond. "Angel, it is Elisabeth. Are you in Bayfield?"
"Yes," she said groggily. "What time is it?"
"Middle of the night. Wake up. Go downstairs, splash some water on your face. I'll wait."
"Michaela, is there a house phone?" Elisabeth asked me.
I nodded. "Kitchen wall. I don't use it much."
I couldn't hear much from Angel's end on the phone, but then I heard her come back online. "I am awake," she told Elisabeth.
"Angel, there is a phone on the wall in the kitchen. Pick it up, dial 9-1-1, and tell them you thought you heard several intruders trying to break into the house. Do it now!"
"Elisabeth?"
Lara raised her voice. "Follow orders, Angel. Do what you are told, we'll explain later!"
"I'm calling," she said.
We heard her end of the conversation. And then it was obvious Angel had a phone in each ear as she talked to the dispatchers. "No, I don't think they're in the house, but I'm scared. Please, can you send someone? Several someone's?" Her voice quavered.
We listened as the police arrived, as the police first searched the grounds, then asked to search the house.
"Do you have any contraband, Michaela?" Elisabeth asked me.
"Absolutely not," I said. "My gun is in my glove compartment here. Everything is legal. I'm a government employee!"
"Angel, listen carefully," said Elisabeth. "Let them search the house. And
I buried my face in Lara's stomach, and she pet me slowly. "I won't let anything happen to you."
"I know you won't," I said.
Elisabeth arrived at a run, knocking and not waiting for permission to enter.
"Alpha?" she asked.
"The Chicago wolves want a fox hunt. Michaela has asked for four enforcers while they are in our territory."
"Michaela asked?" she was shocked.
I rolled over. "Yes."
"I will handle it," Elisabeth said.
"Unless I am with the alpha, I want no fewer than two with me even if I'm in the bathroom, two more near by. Alpha, may Elisabeth be one."
"Elisabeth damned well is going to be one," Elisabeth said.
"Lara, I presume we're on some sort of high alert."
"Yes."
"Due to what I told you earlier, they can't get within five hundred yards of this compound if I am outside and awake. I am the best warning system we could have. And to be honest, I don't think Avery would even consider being quiet. I'd hear him at a mile."
"Hear?" Elisabeth said.
I looked at her. "Hear."
She put it together. "Oh, you little fox."
"That's hush hush," Lara said immediately. "She has her foxy ways and we don't understand them."
"Of course."
"Elisabeth, I will follow your orders absolutely, but I am safer if we use my ears as much as we can. But I get bored easily, too."
"Can you listen and be entertained at the same time?"
"Yes, as long as the entertainment isn't loud or too distracting."
"Alpha, if they were going to attack or attempt to steal our little fox, I anticipate the most dangerous time to be after midnight, but the little one is too wiped to stand watch tonight."
"I agree," she said.
"I will set a schedule," Elisabeth said.
"The alpha needs more than standard protection as well, Elisabeth."
"She'll get it. No arguments, Lara."
"No arguments," Lara agreed.
"I want the two of you to stay together," Elisabeth said. "As much as possible."
"I like that plan," I said. "So much for my job."
"They're leaving Friday," Elisabeth said.
"Bayfield won't be safe until this is over," Lara said. She looked down at me. "Under orders until this is over."
"My job."
"I'll handle it. Your boss will get another phone call."
"They will get tired of this eventually."
"We'll have another solution by then," Lara said. "I'd rather you just quit, but I understand why you don't want to."
"Angel would be devastated," I said.
Lara laughed. "Angel would get over it. She would be far more devastated if something were to happen-" She broke off. "Did she go back to Bayfield today?"
"Yes," said Elisabeth. "I'll handle it." She picked up her phone, then waited. I heard a sleepy Angel respond. "Angel, it is Elisabeth. Are you in Bayfield?"
"Yes," she said groggily. "What time is it?"
"Middle of the night. Wake up. Go downstairs, splash some water on your face. I'll wait."
"Michaela, is there a house phone?" Elisabeth asked me.
I nodded. "Kitchen wall. I don't use it much."
I couldn't hear much from Angel's end on the phone, but then I heard her come back online. "I am awake," she told Elisabeth.
"Angel, there is a phone on the wall in the kitchen. Pick it up, dial 9-1-1, and tell them you thought you heard several intruders trying to break into the house. Do it now!"
"Elisabeth?"
Lara raised her voice. "Follow orders, Angel. Do what you are told, we'll explain later!"
"I'm calling," she said.
We heard her end of the conversation. And then it was obvious Angel had a phone in each ear as she talked to the dispatchers. "No, I don't think they're in the house, but I'm scared. Please, can you send someone? Several someone's?" Her voice quavered.
We listened as the police arrived, as the police first searched the grounds, then asked to search the house.
"Do you have any contraband, Michaela?" Elisabeth asked me.
"Absolutely not," I said. "My gun is in my glove compartment here. Everything is legal. I'm a government employee!"
"Angel, listen carefully," said Elisabeth. "Let them search the house. And
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