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a cry for help.
“ Asshole!” Niki screamed.
Shane slid her small dagger in his pocket and raced forward. When he broke through the trees, he stopped, stunned.
A huge wolf, far bigger than any found in the wild, lay on the ground. Niki bent over it, a dagger to the creature’s throat. Smoke rose as the silver blade pressed against the wolf’s skin.
She glared at three wolves, all ready to rip her to shreds. “Back off or I’ll cut his throat. I didn’t ask for this fight. Hell, I didn’t do a damn thing to any of yours. If you’ll think rationally, you’ll realize everyone I injured will heal.”
There was nothing human left in the glowing blue eyes. All three wolves had lost the thought of humanity and rationalism.
Shane moved, drawing the hungry gazes.
His magic wasn’t enough to pull these beasts back from the edge. Once more, he called on his animal spirit, though the pain of drawing on the bear twice in one night was going to be hell.
“ Mother Earth. Father Sky. Brother Bear.”
The black ink covering his left side flared, heat spreading over his skin like wildfire. Shane gritted his teeth.
Niki gasped, her gaze on him. He knew what she saw. Shane was no shifter. But when he called on the bear spirit, others could sometimes see the superimposed image of the bear over his body.
Shane glared at the wolves, letting the bear’s power crackle on the air. “Listen to me, ba’chos . As your friend and as your Keeper. Do not shed any more blood tonight.”
The wolves shuddered, and the one in the middle, their leader, blinked. His eyes faded from ice-blue to stormy gray.
He howled in fury and pain. Then the three loped away. The wolf beneath Niki’s blade whimpered. She stood, drawing her dagger away.
In a flash, it was up and chasing after its pack mates.
Shane breathed a sigh of relief and released the energy he’d gathered, letting it seep back into the earth.
Niki stepped away from him, her eyes wide.
Shane raised a hand, but her shoulders stiffened and her fist tightened on the silver dagger.
“ I won’t harm you.”
“ What the hell are you?” she demanded.
He shrugged. “Sheriff and Keeper.”
Her gaze roamed the tattoos covering his left arm, and she tilted her head as if to follow them where they disappeared beneath his tank. “More than that. A lot more, I’d say.”
“ And you are vampire. Your point?”
She finally put her dagger away, though her gaze remained wary. “A bear?”
“ My totem animal and spirit guide.”
“ You’re not a mage. You’re a shaman.” She nodded as if assimilating what she’d seen this night. “What are you doing here?”
“ Tracking you,” he replied, trying not to reveal the worry cramping his guts as he looked her over.
She was blood splattered and scratched up, but he didn’t see anything that wouldn’t heal.
She rolled her neck, the bones softly popping. “I had it under control. They’d have either left, or died.”
Anger pierced him. “You kill a wolf and Jordan will bring the wrath of hell down on you. So will every shifter and vampire around for miles. No one wants another war.”
She glanced at him, her fangs still showing, eyes red. “And I don’t want to be the cause of it. But if a half-pack of wolves attack me and a boy for no reason, they made their choice.”
As Keeper he couldn’t quite argue with her. But he was also a man. It stunned him to realize that part of him wanted to track the wolves down and kill them for daring to touch her.
It was beyond bad. He had a job to do, and he couldn’t let anyone interfere. Trying not to think of it, he latched on to her other words. “What boy?”
“ A young vampire. I found him in the diner. He’s scared and running from something. I sent him to my motel room.” She glanced around the trees. “Wonder if he actually went.”
Shane didn’t know how to respond. “You sent a strange vampire to your motel room when you know everyone is looking for
“ Asshole!” Niki screamed.
Shane slid her small dagger in his pocket and raced forward. When he broke through the trees, he stopped, stunned.
A huge wolf, far bigger than any found in the wild, lay on the ground. Niki bent over it, a dagger to the creature’s throat. Smoke rose as the silver blade pressed against the wolf’s skin.
She glared at three wolves, all ready to rip her to shreds. “Back off or I’ll cut his throat. I didn’t ask for this fight. Hell, I didn’t do a damn thing to any of yours. If you’ll think rationally, you’ll realize everyone I injured will heal.”
There was nothing human left in the glowing blue eyes. All three wolves had lost the thought of humanity and rationalism.
Shane moved, drawing the hungry gazes.
His magic wasn’t enough to pull these beasts back from the edge. Once more, he called on his animal spirit, though the pain of drawing on the bear twice in one night was going to be hell.
“ Mother Earth. Father Sky. Brother Bear.”
The black ink covering his left side flared, heat spreading over his skin like wildfire. Shane gritted his teeth.
Niki gasped, her gaze on him. He knew what she saw. Shane was no shifter. But when he called on the bear spirit, others could sometimes see the superimposed image of the bear over his body.
Shane glared at the wolves, letting the bear’s power crackle on the air. “Listen to me, ba’chos . As your friend and as your Keeper. Do not shed any more blood tonight.”
The wolves shuddered, and the one in the middle, their leader, blinked. His eyes faded from ice-blue to stormy gray.
He howled in fury and pain. Then the three loped away. The wolf beneath Niki’s blade whimpered. She stood, drawing her dagger away.
In a flash, it was up and chasing after its pack mates.
Shane breathed a sigh of relief and released the energy he’d gathered, letting it seep back into the earth.
Niki stepped away from him, her eyes wide.
Shane raised a hand, but her shoulders stiffened and her fist tightened on the silver dagger.
“ I won’t harm you.”
“ What the hell are you?” she demanded.
He shrugged. “Sheriff and Keeper.”
Her gaze roamed the tattoos covering his left arm, and she tilted her head as if to follow them where they disappeared beneath his tank. “More than that. A lot more, I’d say.”
“ And you are vampire. Your point?”
She finally put her dagger away, though her gaze remained wary. “A bear?”
“ My totem animal and spirit guide.”
“ You’re not a mage. You’re a shaman.” She nodded as if assimilating what she’d seen this night. “What are you doing here?”
“ Tracking you,” he replied, trying not to reveal the worry cramping his guts as he looked her over.
She was blood splattered and scratched up, but he didn’t see anything that wouldn’t heal.
She rolled her neck, the bones softly popping. “I had it under control. They’d have either left, or died.”
Anger pierced him. “You kill a wolf and Jordan will bring the wrath of hell down on you. So will every shifter and vampire around for miles. No one wants another war.”
She glanced at him, her fangs still showing, eyes red. “And I don’t want to be the cause of it. But if a half-pack of wolves attack me and a boy for no reason, they made their choice.”
As Keeper he couldn’t quite argue with her. But he was also a man. It stunned him to realize that part of him wanted to track the wolves down and kill them for daring to touch her.
It was beyond bad. He had a job to do, and he couldn’t let anyone interfere. Trying not to think of it, he latched on to her other words. “What boy?”
“ A young vampire. I found him in the diner. He’s scared and running from something. I sent him to my motel room.” She glanced around the trees. “Wonder if he actually went.”
Shane didn’t know how to respond. “You sent a strange vampire to your motel room when you know everyone is looking for
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