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"Peter can take care of that"

That was another thing about running their town; they lived by their own set of rules Since wolves had extended life spans, they needed to update their IDs periodically with no questions asked That was easier in a tohere no questions would even be raised

"It could take a while, though," Darien added

Tom shifted his attention from the skier’s picture to Darien, not sure what he meant

Darien set her ID replaced"

"I er, but the lady has a deadline on a story and a life back in Texas" And so nearby who had planned toabout a beautiful red wolf-coyote shifter, so the "

He appreciated Darien forit With that one coht the world of him for that

"Thanks, Darien" Then he frowned at him "You… didn’t happen to see a certain video taken at the ski resort today, did you?"

He’d hoped Maggie, the receptionist at the hospital, had been pulling his leg that both Jake and Darien had bought the video fro their ht have dee to ensure that the video wasn’t sohed and folded his arms across his chest "Cantrell’s quite the entrepreneur Others took pictures and passed the in emails for those who didn’t want to pay for the video version I told you to take care of the lady Good job Everyone knows to keep their paws off her now I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything go viral that fast in the pack Souessed He didn’t think anyone else would have made Carol aware of it

"Yeah, she did She called me and told ured she sent a copy to Carol The ladies viewed it again right before you drove up"

Tom shook his head and turned his attention back to the situation on the slope "If these guys targeted her because she took pictures of them, ould that bother them?"

"Maybe because they are wanted men Are they human?" Darien asked

"The way the wind blew, she couldn’t tell The guy who sat on her chair acted like an alpha"

Darien squinted his eyes as he looked closer at the picture "The way they’re bundled up, I can’t tell if they’re anybody I know Half of our o What did you gather about the s B and B?"

"The men who broke in left no scent there That’s what made me think of the wolves in the vicinity of the livestock They haven’t left a scent, either"

"You think they’re wolves?"

"Possibly, but I can’t be sure they’re the sauy that ran into her wore, I couldn’t capture any scent on her, human or otherwise But what if he masked his scent in the first place?"