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Callan turned back to Jonas now “What’s your opinion now, Director Wyatt?” he snarled

“Callan, Mercury’s always had the feral hor therapy they used merely kept hi controlled hier he would have felt at the death of his pridemissions I do And I’ve blocked Ely’s attempts to test him before and after his missions Dr Morrey’s concern for Mercury is commendable, but unnecessary”

Callan’s eyes narrowed “Why have you blocked those tests, at those times?”

Jonas sighed roughly at the question “Because he’s what he was created to be in battle,” he ad, ent His kill rate is lower than the other enforcers because he has enough power to take his enee nuh to knohen to kill and when not to”

“And I haven’t been inforrowled back at him

“Because the Bureau of Breed Affairs isn’t under Sanctuary’s control, Callan,” Jonas stated, albeit respectfully “The enforcers are ood job of watching out for the protestors crowding around our asses every time they see one of us on the streets Those are ardless of Dr Morrey’s paranoid little suspicions, the manipulations she accuses y if I do say so myself My enforcers succeed, and that record speaks for itself”

Kane spoke up then “I want to knohat h to deceive a friend and deliberately enrage hi that blood You’ve always been someone we can trust, Ely The one person we could count on to figure out as going on with our mates, and in the Breeds’ cases, with their bodies Why trick him?”

She stared at her hands

“That’s so back at Ely “Why did you target Mercury?”

She lifted her head, though she didn’t meet his eyes She stared at his shoulder, the ani now

“Thetests,” she whispered

“He’s not her mate, so what’s the problem? Besides the feral adrenaline that showed up in it”

Ely’s gaze flickered “She’ll make it worse Her hormones intensify the feral fever,” she whispered “For so values, that feral quality immediately showed up in the adrenaline She’ll destroy him His reaction to her will destroy him”

“Or she’ll coaze from Ely to Callan “I’ve studied the lab reports, Callan I don’t think Mercury lost his mate in those labs; he lost his animal instead I think Ria is possibly his th in that feral adrenaline proves it Mercury’s test results are never the same as other Breeds’ The animal DNA fluctuates in its recession, as Ely can confir tests are more an indication that she is his mate, rather than not I think the lioness could have been his mate But I believe Ria is his mate”

Ely’s anger built around her, the scent of it causing Callan to shoot her a sharp look