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"Hello, Taren," I said to thebeside her His eyes widened just like Veronica’s had She looked at him and then back at me, indecision all over her pretty face A smirk bent my lips as I watched them frazzled

Veronica steeled her features and stepped forward I held up my hands and said, "I’m serious Without that paycheck, hoill you take that trip to Europe?" Her steps faltered, and her lips parted

"How did you know about Europe?" Taren asked

I grinned--giddy I was uess themselves "There’s not much I don’t know"

"Except who hired us," Veronica said with a satisfied s out soon"

We considered each other for aover us like a veil I watched Taren and Veronica and they watched Anthony and me

"Smart" Anthony’s voice filled my head

Veronica looked at Taren as though they were having a telepathic conversation Hell, maybe they were I didn’t knohat vampires could or could not do When she turned back to me, a smile lifted her mouth

"You want to knoho hired us?" When I nodded, she took a step closer "Look to your right"

My earlier giddiness faded into the pit of my stomach I slowly lifted ," Anthony said

I wanted to believe hirier than shocked If he were innocent, wouldn’t he have looked surprised or so the va sons of bitches," Anthony snarled before he jumped for them As he jumped into the air he transformed into his wolf and landed on the vampire to Veronica’s left They went down in a ball of fur and snarls

So blurred in front of ht in front of ain, her fist sailed through the air, and all I felt were knuckles against my cheek before darkness consuuessing it was later Wherever I was, it was dark I couldn’t be sure what tiroaned when a hard throb pulsated through h an earthquake had erupted insidemy eyes shut, I winced as I waited for the pain to subside When I tried to rub ether by what felt like a zip tie I wiggled h, my ankles were bound, too After a few minutes of deep breaths, I calmed myself down and the pain insidehard pressed intoto the side, I round only to find it wasmy eyes, I channeled my wolf My vision automatically became clearer, and I could make out the features of the roo that was carved out of rock, too I was in a cave, probably in the mountains somewhere I studied the space more and saw shadowed heaps to the left and farther back in the cave I sucked in a deep breath, and along with the earthy s, it e, but first, I needed to try and get a ht, Adam? Can you hear noring the pain in ain Adaainst the zip ties on ht plastic strips could hold a olf, but I was happy for theiroffsounded where the va to their bodies When I was sure they were still sleeping, I bent over to pull on the zip tie aroundin the direction I hoped was the exit There weren’t a lot of deep caves in Wyo, so the odds were in my favor

After a few steps, I stopped and turned toward the vaain I needed to kill the these ht about the vision of Adaanin their direction, my wolf ready at the surface It would be easy with them asleep I could rip their throats out before they even stirred Or that’s what I thought

I stood at their feet, eyeing their still bodies in the dark There were only four: Veronica, Taren, and two others I didn’t recognize I was just about to change when Adam’s voice penetrated my mind

"Anna, can you hear me?"

I chuckled toto sound like a cell phone commercial Can you hear me now?