Page 43 of Wolf Bound

And an attempted murderer, Kira wanted to say. And a kidnapper. But she suspected Dan was keeping that information secret until he was ready to reveal more charges. They surrounded the kidnapper as they moved to the river. Wouldn’t the other kidnappers be surprised if they managed to get away from the shifters tracking them, walked to the dilapidated building, and found their backpacks were missing? They would also smell wolves, a jaguar, and a cougar had been there.

When they finally reached the river, a guy Kira hadn’t met yet showed up with a Sherp ATV. Yes! It could float on water. And then as soon as the driver saw them, he navigated across the river and parked.

“Thanks, Travis. We all knew that your new vehicle would come in handy. Travis MacKay is with the CSF and likes his vehicles,” Dan explained.

Travis got out of his vehicle, and he brought handcuffs with him. “Yeah, I knew this vehicle would be useful. So he’s one of the kidnappers, eh?” He cuffed the kidnapper and put him in the back of the vehicle.

Demetria got into the back seat with him, all growly like, amusing Kira. The kidnapper wouldn’t even think of trying to flee when a jaguar was acting as his guard.

“Oh, Bridget is at the jailhouse to assist us when we interrogate the prisoner,” Travis said, tossing the backpacks into the vehicle. “She has a special talent for learning the truth about people. Though occasionally she has trouble with that.”

“Bridget is Travis’s mate and also CSF,” Dan explained.

Kira was glad they had so many cougars to help them. She nudged at Fisher to go with Travis, but he wasn’t going along with it until she got into the ATV. Then he did too. She would have words with him about it later, once she was in her human form. She had to get him to see the doctor.

The other ATVs went in the direction the other teams had gone so they could help out the others. Tanner and Shawn went with them.

Once Travis took them to Hal’s ranch, Kira, Fisher, and Demetria went into the barn to shift and dress. Dan joined them in the barn to change out of the kidnapper’s clothes and into his own.

“Did you have a chance to search the backpacks for IDs?” Kira asked, putting her boots on.

“I checked them. And I searched this guy’s clothes for ID. There was no ID in any of the backpacks. Maybe they left them in their vehicle, or maybe the other two men just don’t have any on them,” Dan said. “We know Reggie had his driver’s license when Stryker pulled him over for a traffic stop. At least we have this guy for trespassing. All this land out here is private property. The cougars own it. We might not be a wolf pack, but from what I understand, they do the same thing as we’ve done when they can. Expand their properties so that our shifters can run free without the issue of hunters and the like coming across us and shooting us,” Dan said. “Though it doesn’t always mean we’re completely safe.”

When they left the barn, Fisher, Kira, and Demetria went in Kira’s car so that Everett, when he returned from trying to track down the other kidnappers, would have his and Demetria’s vehicle. Dan rode with Travis and his prisoner into Yuma Town while Kira followed them in her vehicle.

“You are seeing the doctor also,” Kira said to Fisher.

“I’m fine.”

“No. You’re not. I can smell that you are in pain.”

“So could I. The guys are all the same, trying to prove to everyone else they’re so tough,” Demetria said.

“Not me,” Fisher said, smiling. “I mean, if I’m hurting?—”

“Which you are,” Kira said, not about to be bamboozled by the wolf.

“Okay, so I have to admit swimming across the river was rough on my shoulder.”

“And running as a wolf?” Kira asked.

“Maybe. A little bit. I was fine to begin with, but the river was a little much.”

“So was the guy we caught the one who shot you?” Demetria asked.

“Yeah,” Fisher said.

“Reggie Olson, the black bearded man, was the one who fired at us while we were both on the ledge below the edge of the cliff,” Kira said. “The one we caught was the youngest of the three.”

“I suspect the younger guy shot me because he thought I was a real wolf and would hurt the boy if he was alone,” Fisher said.

“He’s still a kidnapper,” Demetria said. “He knows what they’re doing is wrong. He gets some of the payout of the ransoms. He’s in the wrong as much as any of them are. Not to mention shooting wolves, shifter or otherwise, is illegal.”

“I agree,” Kira said.

Then they finally reached the clinic and both Dr. Kate Parker-Hill and Dr. William Rugal greeted them.

“Welcome to Yuma Town.” Kate was a pretty redhead with her hair pulled up into a bun, eager to take care of Fisher.

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