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complete description of the fox shifter. He’d made a point of letting Shifter Grove know that they had a bit of a baddie on the loose, and that it needed to be checked on at some point. So far, no news—and Rose considered that good news!
    “So what’s going on today?” she asked, trying to distract herself from the desire of doing horrible, unspeakable, graphic things to Redmond right in view of the kitchen of Hamilton House.
    “I was supposed to help Royce start mending the cattle yards today, but we got a call five minutes ago and it looks like I need to take a drive. You up to come with me?” he asked, his blue eyes glinting with that clever mischief that she’d come to quickly like so much.
    “Sure, I’d love to!” she said, uncurling from Redmond’s lap to his great disappointment. Laughing, she beckoned for him to get up as well. “Come on, silly. We have to go before we waste the day!” she quipped, getting grumbles about unfairness and seizing the moment in return.
    They grabbed a quick breakfast, stealing some of the pancakes Tiana had made, and packed themselves into Redmond’s rental. He was a real race-car driver on the roads, tearing up the dirt like a maniac. But Rose found herself feeling completely at ease with him at the steering wheel. His madness was tightly controlled and the insane risks he took were carefully calculated. He was… fun. And Rose had missed fun.
    When Redmond pulled up at a seemingly random patch of forest and parked the car, Rose shot him a questioning glance.
    “Did we really need to come here or is this some elaborate ruse to get me alone in the forest again?” she asked dubiously, not sure which option she currently preferred.
    Screw it, you know you want him to jump you, she thought with a smirk.
    “We actually needed to come here. But if you ask nicely, I might ravish you later,” Redmond said with a wink, jumping out of the truck.
    Rose followed his lead and they trekked into the forest, keeping close to Redmond. There was something about his presence that made her feel completely safe and at ease, like nothing bad could happen to her if he was around. So far, it had been true, too.
    She wasn’t sure what she had been expecting, but when they came up to the scene, Rose was taken aback. The gorgeous forest that she’d admired as she’d driven through the area had been burned to a crisp on this patch of land, the dry grass and trees scorched and singed. The smell was what caught her as the most surprising. Every inhalation brought a lungful of charred earth and woods and it broke her heart.
    “What happened here?” Rose asked, trailing behind Redmond as he gingerly walked through the grounds.
    “A fire,” he said simply, drawing a snort out of Rose.
    “I get that, but why?”
    “That’s why we’re here,” he said, and his blue eyes held more focus than she’d ever seen them.
    Gone was the fun, cocky guy she’d been fooling around with. In his place stood a man, a real professional, and if things weren’t unfair enough already, Rose considered Redmond even more attractive for it. He worked methodically, going through the outskirts of the fire first and then moving inward until they stood at equal distances from all the borders of the damage. He looked thoughtful and Rose didn’t dare say a word as he crouched down and inspected a burn pattern on one of the tall oak trees that would now have to come down.
    “I don’t think this is an accident,” he said, touching the bark and then bringing his fingers to his nose.
    “How come?” Rose asked, trying to see what he was seeing.
    “Just a hunch. But I think I can detect an accelerant as well. At least it doesn’t smell like it should. I’m no authority on these manners, but I know someone who is and I think it’s time to bring him in. We were lucky that the locals caught it early. Argo and Connor live close to here and they smelled the smoke. They could put out the fire between them and that’s