Page 29 of Broken Wolf

Instead, I just played the recording I had of the head of the school board.

“You can throw that stupid slut in Chicago who licks herself every full moon in my face all you want, dog, but it won’t do a damn thing. She has no authority here. The FBI doesn’t even have an office in South Dakota and with good reason. We don’t want them here. So instead of bothering me and my people, hear me that your rabid brats are never, not ever going to my schools.

“I might have to allow the fleabags who are US citizens, but I will be damned if I now have to allow immigrant dogs to sit with our poor kids and pretend they matter like humans! I would rather take you out back and shoot you all with my rifle and put you down like you deserve. Now don’t call here again and waste my time unless you want that.”

I smirked at him. “I do actually have authority here, South Dakota specifically even, and just because the FBI doesn’t have an office here doesn’t mean you’re not still part of the United States of America and don’t answer to the federal government.” I tilted my head as I studied him. “For the guy in charge of making sure people are educated, you’re pretty stupid.”

“You can’t record phone calls like that and—” he blasted.

“It’s called a warrant and I had one,” I purred. “But I love how you didn’t even try to deny you said it all.” I twirled my finger in the air. “Round them up. They were so nice to gather in one place for us like idiots always do, get the ones we need.”

“Yes, Chief,” one of the teams we borrowed from Minneapolis that would be working with mine to help with the remote office. They were going to get some cross-training before we put a supe team in their office. That was the temporary fix Galvin had decided on until we could get more trained up and in the field.

And even when we did, there would be too many newbies, so it was time to cross-train some humans even if they weren’t in the field against supes. It meant more help and I was all for it. No reason they couldn’t go after the humans committing crimes against supes after all.

It took next to no time to get the eight people we were there for—three of them board members, the rest support staff and lackeys. When they were gone and the team back outside as fast as they had breezed in, I stared down the remaining people.

“You’re going to have less staff tomorrow too because this behavior trickled downward,” I told them. “Do not leave here and warn people. I’m warning you because I don’t want the kids hurt with the lack of leadership they’re about to have. You warn people and I will come right back and arrest you for aiding and abetting, you get me?”

I was glad when they clearly did and that the shit had hit the fan.

Good, that would speed things along.

“This was all legal and will stick. We will find out more, and just so you know how bad it is, the head of your school board also stole a few million of the school district’s money.” I nodded when they all couldn’t hide their shock. “Criminals rarely commit one type of crime. Monsters are monsters all around. So understand you are being watched going forward.

“Do better by all of the students in your school district and stop being bigots, allowing them, and all the bullshit. Or I will come back and you could be the one in handcuffs next time. Follow the damn law and let the refugees—the legal refugees—into the schools and protect them or I will throw you in jail and you will be caged like the animals you are behaving like.”

I waited until they nodded or gave some sort of acknowledgment before walking right back out for what was next on the agenda.

It wasn’t until we pulled up at the house that I realized I was a jerk. I shot Felix an apologetic look after we got out. “I meant to talk to you about this, but we got distracted about the house.”

Yeah, sure, that was what we could call it.

“That was my fault really,” he muttered, giving me a curious look before glancing towards where we’d arrived.

“I’m also confused why I’m here,” Special Agent in Charge Rankin from the Minneapolis office said as he joined me from the other vehicle.

“You’re doing me a favor to help me cover my ass, and I’m thanking you heavily after since I didn’t ask you to do me the favor first,” I told him.

“Whatever I can do to help, Chief,” he drawled.

Yeah, well, I got that kind of shit all of the time. He would live.

Seriously.

“No one else is in the house and they let us clear it,” one of the ancients told me as I arrived to the front door.

I nodded that I heard him but focused on Marc Swan and his wife. “I apologize for all of this, and thank you for making time to meet with me. I have to be ridiculously careful with how many hate me. I hate to intrude, but your husband said he preferred it at your house.”

She accepted my hand and gave a firm shake. “Our youngest gets a bit overloaded after her speech therapy, so taking her out—she needs to decompress. Please, come inside.”

“I feel the same way after events,” I told her. “Thank you, and again, I’m sorry to push this on you and so last minute. I’ll try to be as quick as possible.”

“You’re a busy woman with about ten different full-time jobs from what even I hear and a team that juggles it all, so it’s understandable you’d have to throw your weight around to get things done,” she forgave… And shot her husband a look. So clearly, he had a bit of bur stuck in his fur about this.

Yeah, that was fair.

I introduced, Felix, Carter, and SAiC Rankin, admitting two of them had no idea what this meeting was either because of how crazy everything had been. I simply shrugged when the Swans couldn’t hide their shock.

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