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size, but black as night. It’s not rabid as far as I can tell. If you spot it, don’t worry about it.”
    “You’ve been seeing a lot of wolves lately.”
    She gave a nervous laugh. Jay didn’t know the half of it. “Yeah, I guess so. It’s been a weird week.”
    “So are you coming in to help with the wolf hunt? I need all hands on deck for something of this magnitude.”
    Her mouth opened and closed as she tried to think of a graceful way to say no. She happened to agree with Tao that she should be hiding out. The last thing anyone needed was for Nick to find her and start pulling the puppet strings. She would become a weapon, unable to deny his commands.
    At her long silence, he said, “I was more telling than asking. You’re the wildlife specialist. You kind of have to be here, Audrey. It’s your job.” He sounded petulant and she grit her teeth. Maybe she was bossy, but Jay whined. A lot. Although that hadn’t been what broke them up.
    “I know,” she said. “I’ll be there as soon as I change my clothes.”
    “Great. Since you saw him last, I’ll let you determine where we’re going to search.”
    He hung up and Audrey hurried to find a clean uniform, trying not to think too hard about how dangerous it was for her to leave the house. If I see Nick, I’ll just have to shoot him before he says anything. That’s all.
    Except if he could talk, that would mean he was in human form and she would be committing a murder no one would understand.
     
    Chapter Eight
    Tao ditched his clothes under a tree in the forest that ran along Lake Michigan. With a sweep of his leg, he covered everything with the leaves and sticks littering the ground. Satisfied no one would spot his belongings and filch his wallet, he shifted into his wolf.
    Immediately, his sense of smell heightened. He caught the scent of the pine trees, the faint sweetness of maple, the nearby lake, the birds above and the multitudes of small animals that had frozen in place once they realized a predator prowled among them. Their t iny heartbeats pounded in his ears, fluttering at such a rapid pace he sometimes wondered if the little guys ever passed out or had heart attacks. If they would’ve understood him, he would’ve shifted back and said, ‘Hey, I’m not here to eat anybody and most of you are too small to bother with anyway. So, relax before your hearts explode.’
    Remembering Audrey’s reaction to his hunting, he snorted and shook his head. A vegetarian werewolf? He’d never heard of such a thing. Tao bet she would change her mind once her wolf nature came to the fore. Wolves had no moral qualms about eating other animals in cold blood. Their thoughts were linear. If they were hungry, they ate whatever they could hunt. Wolves didn’t second guess or dither, they acted. And if Audrey didn’t compromise her principles? Well, she was a stronger wolf than he was.
    Tao lifted his nose and sniffed, testing the air.
    Nothing new filled his nose. The scent of his brother was absent, which made him give a short, testy bark. Even in human form, Tao had been able to track Nick through town and to the spot where he’d ducked into the woods, but then somehow his brother’s scent had disappeared, leaving him to wander in circles. Now that he was in his more sensitive form, Tao hoped he could pick up Nick’s trail again.
    So far, though, that wasn’t happening. He tossed his head and snorted in irritation. Nick’s ability was the bite of the wolf, not hiding. That was more Leo’s provenance. His brother, named for the leonine color of his coat, could creep up on anyone, even other wolves. He had a subtle scent that made him hard to smell. His mother had often said Leo would make a great spy, but the wolf had an honest heart. As far as Tao knew, he’d never lied, not even as a kid. If Leo ate all the cookies, he would own up to it, which is probably why their mother never punished him.
    Tao, on the other hand, would eat all the cookies and