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mode.
    “You know who I am. We had a deal. I brought you all this new furniture for this run-down club and my money never came.”
    “I don’t owe debts. I owe no one.”
    The gunman tightened his grip and she flinched and jerked her arm to no avail.
    “I got your club held up. I will burn this bitch down if you don’t deliver my cash now.”
    “How much are you talking?” Leo asked.
    “Sixty grand.”
    A moment ago, the gunman had said fifty thousand, now he’d just raised the amount. It was further evidence that the dude was either lying or a crazy crook.
    “Bullshit!”
    The gunman aimed the gun at the ceiling and shot at one of the disco balls. It shattered to pieces, causing another outbreak of screams from behind the bar. The dark stranger ducked out of the way just in time to dodge a piece of thick glass hitting him over the head.
    “What the hell was that?” Leo’s voice sounded scratchy on the other end as the stranger regained his composure.
    “He’s fucking your club up. Do you owe this idiot any money?” the stranger barked into the phone.
    “Hell no! Fuck, I don’t know! That fucking no-name creep is lying.”
    “No name?” The gunman drove her forward to get closer to the phone. “Call me Renovation Man. You better have my money here in fifteen minutes or I will burn this whole place down. And when you collect the insurance money, you will pay me for my work.”
    “I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again,” Leo stated, gruffly over the phone. “I owe nothing. We settled this a month ago.”
    “Look, man…”
    Spittle flew from the gunman’s mouth and some of it landed on the side of Trina’s face. She cringed and gritted her teeth. Bile rose in her throat as the remnants of lunch began to creep upward.
    The gunman raised the barrel of the gun, extending it outward until it was pointed at the dark stranger. “I will shoot your nephew if you don’t comply.”
    “Listen, you idiot. I will track you down. I will hunt—”
    Like a flash of lightning before her eyes, a thick lash whipped in front of her face. The gun slipped from the gunman’s hand as the rope tightened instantly around his wrist like a lasso. It misfired and a bullet ricocheted off the wall and splintered through a table.
    The gunman fell backward but not before he grabbed her by the arm, pulling her down with him. She landed in a thud against his burly chest. Before she could catch her breath, he wrapped his arm around her throat and squeezed tightly. She elbowed him in the gut, but he grunted and only pushed tighter against her larynx. Her blood rushed hot to her face as all oxygen escaped her.
    The dark stranger tumbled toward her. Where his lips had been stretched taut only moments early, his canines were extended. His face and entire body distorted and shifted as he advanced toward them.
    Clothes and skin disappeared in a haze. Gray eyes turned into coal. She could no longer see the stranger, only the white underbelly of a wolf as it leapt into the air.
    The gunman screamed, but she could not…
    The sound of teeth ripping into the meaty flesh of the arm that held her immobilized was the last thing she heard before she passed out.

Chapter Four
    Trina was surprised and rendered speechless when a woman answered the phone, but she looked back down at the slip of paper again to confirm.
    “Bachelor Looking for Temporary Wife,” it said. “Call to inquire…” She scanned the number displayed on her phone again.
    “Hello,” the woman said once again on the other end. “Anyone there?”
    “Yes.” Trina cleared her throat. “I’m responding to an ad I saw.”
    “Can you be more specific?”
    “There’s a guy looking for a temporary wife. I need more information.”
    “That’s about all the information I can lend. If you’re not serious, I suggest you hang up now,” the woman spoke in a chastising manner.
    Or at least Trina found it off-putting.
    “When I called, I expected to get the man who