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harder. I had to admit, making him squirm a little was fun.
    He clenched his jaw and held on to the dashboard as I steered it toward the house. “Slow down!”
    “You’re acting like an old lady.”
    “You would too if you put as much money into this thing as I did ,” he said, glaring at me. “I can’t afford any more repairs.”
    “Chill out. There’s nothing around here to hit.”
    “Well, we don’t want to get stuck either.”
    “You forget about my amazing new superhero strength,” I replied, smirking. “I could pull us out of a ditch with my pinkie finger.”
    He rolled his eyes.
    As we neared the cabin, I put my foot on the brake and we slid sideways toward the garage. Nathan began using words I’d never heard before while I squealed with glee.
    “ You know, that was really fun,” I said, shutting the engine off. “I think we should get some snowmobiles.”
    “Give me the keys,” he replied, holding out his hand. “Now.”
    Still grinning, I dropped them into his palm. “Are you sweating? Nathan, you really need to relax. I think that caffeine made you tense.”
    “Yeah, it was t he caffeine,” he replied dryly. He then grabbed the gun from under the seat and shoved it into the back of his pants. “Let’s go.”
    We got out of the car and I noticed that he was limping.
    “You sure you’re all right?” I whispered.
    “I’m fine,” he replied. “And why are you whispering? You didn’t exactly make a quiet entrance.”
    “ I guess not,” I answered, looking around nervously. I’d been having so much fun, that “discreet” had taken a back seat.  “Sorry.”
    “Just let me do the driving for now on.”
    I sighed. “Whatever.”
    We walked over to the porch and climbed the stairs. The cabin was dark and it was obvious that Victor was either really gone, or wanted to look gone.
    “What should we do?”
    Before I could answer, the door opened and Drake stood before us.
    “What took you so long?” he asked.
    “We ran into some trouble,” replied Nathan, nodding toward his ankle.
    Drake looked down at the bandage. “What happened?”
    “Maybe you could tell us,” snapped my brother. “Since you’re the one usually in the loop and we’re not.”
    Drake looked at me. “You had to bring him?”
    “Just tell us what you know,” I replied, walking past him into the dark cabin. “Or why you even wanted to talk to us in the first place.”
    Nathan followed me inside. “Can we turn on a light?” he asked as Drake closed the door.
    “No, it will draw attention,” he replied, lowering his voice.
    “You mean lycan attention?” I asked, turning around to look at him.
    Drake nodded.
    “Nathan met up with one on our way out here ,” I replied, waving my hand toward his ankle. “He certainly won’t be bothering us again.”
    “You killed one of the lycan?”
    “No. I did,” replied Nathan, grabbing his gun. He pointed it toward Drake. “And I’m not afraid to do it again. Or shoot anyone else who tries to hurt us.”
    “If you know what’s good for you, you’ll stop pointing that thing at me,” warned Drake , his face dark.
    “ Dude, why should we even trust you?”
    “I mean you no harm. If I wanted to kill you, I could have done it a while ago.”
    “Have you seen Duncan?” I asked.
    Dra ke’s eyes shifted to me. “The boyfriend?”
    “Yes. We’ve lost communication with him,” I replied.
    “No. I haven’t seen him.”
    I wasn’t sure I believed him or not. I sighed. “Why did you want to talk?”
    He grabbed a dark parka from the hook next to the front yard and put it on “I’ll tell you, but not here.”
    “Why? You think it’s bugged?” asked Nathan , looking around nervously.
    Drake didn’t reply.
    “Where to?” I asked.
    He opened the front door and we followed him outside to the garage. The door was unlocked and we all stepped inside.
    “Aren’t you afraid this place is bugged , too?” asked Nathan.
    “I know it’s not. I helped set