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“You’ve been on a lot of hunts with him, haven’t you?” Erin asked, but she didn’t take her gaze off the swamp. The twisting trees, the gentle movement at the water’s edge. This was where Jude ran wild. His sanctuary.
Dee hesitated. “Ah, usually Jude hunts alone.”
Like he’d gone hunting at that den.
The human turned toward her. “He’s the strongest shifter I’ve ever met,” Dee told her.Okay, that was reassuring.Erin glanced at her as Dee continued, “And believe me, I’ve come across more than my share of shifters since I joined Night Watch fifteen years ago.”
Fifteen years?But the woman barely looked thirty. Hell, more like twenty-five.
Dee laughed. “Don’t worry, I was legal.” A pause. “Barely. Jude took me under his wing. Taught me how to fight the supernaturals. How to survive. He’d only been in the Watch for a few years, but he’d already gotten a reputation.”
She’d just bet he had.
“Jude always gets the job done,” Dee said simply. “You can count on him.”
Yes, she could.
A soft peal rang out from the area of Dee’s left side. She shoved a hand into the pocket of her jeans and dug out a phone. In a flash, she had the phone at her ear. “Yo.”
Erin tensed.
“What? You’re kidding!That’s great!Does he remember anything? What? Yes, yes, we’re on our way.” She ended the call with a flick of her thumb. “Givens is awake. That was McCall, he’s one of the hunters we stationed with Givens for protection. A few minutes ago, Givens woke up. McCall said the lawyer just opened his eyes and then he asked for his son, Tommy.”
Erin’s breath rushed out.Alive.
“The way I figure it,” Dee mused, “we can sit up here with our thumbs up our asses or we can hightail it to that hospital, arrive before the cops do, and maybe get some info out of Givens.”
“I don’t really like having a thumb up my ass,” Erin muttered and jumped down the steps. “Let’s go.” Jude was already hunting, so the info might not be any good to him, but at least she’d be doingsomething.
Other than having a thumb up her ass.
They ran toward Dee’s SUV.
* * *
“You sure this is the place?” Jude demanded.
Kyler gave a grudging nod. “Yeah, this is the address he gave me.”
A cabin at the edge of the swamp. A place that looked way too much like Jude’s own home.Gotta get a new place for Erin.Because a dump falling into the moss really wasn’t going to cut it for her.
He had the cash. Sure, he liked to run in the swamp, but Erin needed something different. And after the way the wolf had christened her home, she’d probably like a fresh start someplace else.
They could get that start together. Maybe another antebellum, one they could restore together. One with a lot of land for running...
Later.
“All right then,” Jude said, testing the ropes that held his hands. Damn tight, cutting-off-his-circulation tight. Zane knew his knots, how to tie ’em and how to place ’em. Thanks to Zane, the knots were perfectly positioned next to his claws. A few slices, and he’d be free. “Time to get your payment.”
A grunt came from the sweating demon. His black eyes darted from the left to the right. “This is a real assed-up plan.”
Jude grunted. “Who asked you?”
Zane eyed him with raised brows. “Guess I get to be the one to drag your sorry butt inside, huh?”
“No...hegets the job.” Because he didn’t want Kyler’s hands free for a minute.
“Fuck,” Kyler snarled.
