“What rules? Wolfen rules?” Sedona snapped. “The big, bad wolf is going to punish me?”
She had no idea how much I craved doing so.
She allowed her gaze to sweep the room once, but her eyes found mine.
And they were full of venom.
CHAPTER 21
Sedona
Four powerful men.
Four possible wolves.
Creatures who’d been brought back from the dead? That I couldn’t stomach even thinking about.
I wasn’t certain of anything at this point. The photographs and information Agent Drummand had provided only added to a list of what seemed like ridiculous questions.
Any possible answers seem implausible.
But I couldn’t get past the fact that they’d featured the Wolf family.
I’d dropped Britney off at school after packing her bag, trying not to cry when telling her she was going to have a fun couple of days with Mattie. At least my daughter hadn’t picked up on how distraught I’d been.
And I was.
How could I not be when the man I was dating and his entire family had been on a watch list for years? Possibly decades.
There were no burning conclusions, no smoking gun. But their questions fueled mine.
I glared from one to the other, my hands planted firmly on my hips.
“Yes, we have rules in our corporation, Sedona. I’m not sure what you’re getting at.” Jax’s eyes flashed. Were they more silver than usual? Were they reflective of something that should scare me to death?
Maybe.
“What am I getting at? Let me see. That the four of you are shifters. As in wolf shifters. You know, creatures of the night.”
The blond man coughed into his hand, providing one of those ‘I told you so’ looks at Jax.
Jax exhaled and glanced away for a few seconds. “Gentlemen. I think you need to give us the room. Go entertain the Italians. I’m going to be a little while. Take them out for a drink.”
“I’ll stay,” one of the men said.
“No, Riker. This is personal. Just trust me.”
Riker lifted his eyebrows and grinned as if knowingly. “Okay, brother.”
Three of them did resemble each other, although the photographs I’d been provided with had focused on Jax, the other two in the background. I’d driven through the city,stopping at a local park to regroup and reread what I’d been provided.
A couple of hours had passed before I’d accepted the remote possibility in my brain.
Creatures of the night, dangerous ones.
I could no longer shove aside or make scientific excuses for what I’d seen. There was a strange phenomenon centered within the town limits. And it had the Wolf name written all over it. I’d stayed away from the morgue on purpose because I wasn’t certain I was ready to perform additional tests. Not if it told me everything I didn’t want to learn.
The three other men seemed hesitant to walk out but finally did, leaving the two of us alone.