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there, I m not certain he would have stopped at harassing her. As it was, he tried
to warn me off, telling me he had every right to bother my mate. In other words,
he s stalking her.
He s given humans a hard time? Max whistled. Who s his Alpha?
Bunny blinked. I have no clue.
Gabe shrugged. I ve asked him, but he refuses to answer. The only thing I ve
been able to learn is he comes from New Mexico. I m still running down his birth
records. The college has been less than enthusiastic about turning over records
and, without a warrant, they re right. I can t get one without probable cause.
Gabe ran his hand up and down Sarah s back. Whether it was to soothe her or
himself, Bunny had no clue. Besides, technically speaking, shifter law is on his
side. The girls at Living Art are aware of what Tabby is and who the Pride
members are, so they re considered kin.
Bunny could feel the helpless rage building up in him again. Did this mean that
the little fucker could keep on taunting Tabby, possibly hurting her, and there
was nothing he could do about it?
Fuck. That.
A soft hand landed on his arm. He looked up into the warm brown eyes of the
Omega. We ll fix this. I promise.
A calm peace he d never felt off a yoga mat settled over him. He nodded, knowing
she was right. Everything would be fine. Sarah smiled and sat back in her mate s
lap, her hands curled up in her own. Gabe took hold of her wrists, his thumb
stroking the insides. Something about the caress had Bunny taking notice. He
stared at the sheriff and his mate, and wondered&
Alex?
Hmm? He turned back to find Tabby staring up at him. The fact that his name
was pretty much the first word she d uttered since walking in the front door
soothed something deep inside him.
Tabby took a deep breath. Tell them about Chloe.
He growled. Some asshole beat my cousin Chloe damn near to death and left her
in the road like trash. She would have died if it hadn t been for Julian Ducharme.
She s still in a coma. Nothing we ve done so far will wake her up.
Max s blue eyes flashed gold for a moment. I heard. We re going to look into
that. He exchanged a glance with Gabe and Adrian, who both nodded.
Sheri bit her lip. Chloe s such a sweet little thing. Who would want do that to
her?
We don t know, but so far the clues are few and far between.
I m betting on Gary and the Gutless Wonders, Tabby muttered.
Gutless Wonders? Max s tone was not amused. How many Pack members does
Gary have with him?
Tabby winced. He has two others who follow him. Oh, and he sent a kid out for a
tattoo of his Wolf. I recognized it from when he changed once, just before he
found out I was Outcast. And from her tone of voice that conversation had not
been full of warm fuzzies. He told the boy that if he got the tattoo he could join
his fraternity. Tabby made little quotation marks with her fingers and made a
face. For all I know, he s changed people around campus, but since I don t
exactly hang out there, I have no idea what he s really up to.
Max growled, the sound feral and feline. His sky blue eyes were pure gold. A light
mist pooled around his feet, his power spilling out into the room. Bunny had only
seen something like that once before, when a Lion had tried to make his father
bow down before him.
It hadn t worked on William Bunsun, and it sure as hell wasn t going to work on
William Bunsun s baby boy. His chin lifted in the face of the Alpha s anger.
Why didn t I know about this? Max stared around the room at his core
hierarchy, his expression full of outrage. He s changing humans on my territory
and I didn t know about it?
Shit. How the hell were we supposed to know? How many other Prides do you
know of that are based in a college town with other shifters in it? Simon showed
why he was this man s Beta. Other than the twitch of his shoulders and a brief
wince, he stood tall. Even the Marshall was hunched over, fighting his Alpha s
anger. The only other person in the room who wasn t bowed down was Emma.
Even Tabby had her head lowered. For the most part, they ve come, respected
our boundaries, kept to themselves, and gone home when they graduated.
Except now we ve got a wannabe Wolf Alpha roaming the streets, a Fox in the
hospital, a group of Bears on the warpath, and God knows what else on the way.
Emma sounded more thoughtful than upset. She rested her elbow against her
knee and propped her chin in her hand. Who the hell stood over my cradle and
talked about living in interesting times?
Max turned to his spouse, amused. The mist retreated, his eyes turning back
from gold to sky blue. At least we don t have any more Senators running through
town and co-opting our people.
Do you think it was Gary who attacked Chloe?
Bunny turned to find Sarah, Gabe s mate, staring up at him. I have no idea, but
I m not sure why he would. Does he even know she exists?
They all stared at Tabby, who shrank in on herself. How the hell would I know? I
stay as far away from him as I can.
Max pointed to Adrian. Thoughts?
The man frowned. We need to set Puma guards on Chloe, make sure no one can
get into her room without authorization.
Bunny bristled. My family is there. Trust me, no one will get to Chloe.
Adrian nodded. I ll need to discuss with them a rotation, so that they can get
some rest. I have some people I trust to put with her, and I m sure Gabe can
come up with a few names as well. Gabe nodded. I m going to assume you re
researching any possible human involvement, like a work rival or a romantic
one? Gabe nodded again, his eyes rolling. Okay. Adrian turned back to Max.
Everything s being done on the Chloe side that we can do for now. Without Chloe
being Puma, there isn t any way for me to monitor her physically other than
keeping in touch with Jamie Howard.
Do that. Max pointed at both men. I want regular updates on her condition.
Once she s awake, we can find out from her what she saw of her attackers. Maybe
she ll be able to identify whether or not it was shifters who did this.
And if it was?
Max eyed Gabe. We find out if it was Pumas, specifically my Pumas, who did
this. If it wasn t, whoever it was is all yours. Hell, if it was my Pumas, they re all
yours after I Outcast them.
Gabe s answering grin was feral.
Whoever hurt Bunny s baby cousin was going to pay in a big, big way.
We still need to deal with the Gary issue, Emma pointed out. Whether or not
he s involved in Chloe s attack we know he did something to Tabby.
Speaking of which& Gabe, could I talk to you alone for a moment? Tabby tried
to ignore the questioning look on Alex s face. If he found out about Gary s little
stunt in the woods last week, he d blow his top. There was no way she d risk
letting him go off in a rage. He d get himself killed.
Sure. Gabe helped Sarah to her feet and stood, settling his mate back down in
the chair they d been occupying. He kissed her forehead and released her wrists.
Be right back.
Tabby pointed at Alex, who was about to rise and join them. Sit. Stay. Good
Bear. She followed Gabe out onto Max s back deck, ignoring the giggles coming
from Emma.
Gabe stood in front of her and crossed his arms, his expression concerned.
Okay, Tabby. What did you want to tell me that you didn t want Bunny hearing?
She described what had happened in the woods. Gary and his proto-Pack
surrounding her, the look of lust on their faces. The way Gary had tried to punch
out her windshield to get to her.
By the time she was done, Gabe s eyes had gone gold and he was cursing up a
blue streak. Why didn t you call me immediately?
I meant to, I really did. But I kept getting distracted.
He glared at her.
She winced. Damn it, he knew her so well, and they d been friends for only six
months. Fine. I was worried that some people would blame me. She was
Outcast, despite Bunny s unwavering support. There were those who would hear
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