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an eye on them. Becca headed for town at a trot. She had to tell some authority figure, warn them to look out for these strangers.
    She raced toward the sheriff’s office, her steps slowing to a walk as she paused to catch her breath on the outskirts of town. Odd how she felt so invincible running with Erin the other night and now she could barely do more than a brisk walk.
    “You’re in a hurry this morning.” A familiar voice made her whirl around, pulse racing and cheeks flushing.
    Erin was walking up the street toward her, looking concerned. Becca tried to sort through the jumble of her thoughts. What was she going to tell the sheriff anyway? Maybe she’d better practice the story first, make sure she was making sense to someone besides herself. “I saw some campers up in the woods. They didn’t do anything but they gave me the creeps. One of them was asking about the wolves.” She rubbed her arms anxiously and scowled.
    Erin’s face hardened and her jaw set. “You don’t say?” She spoke softly, belying the menace in her expression. “What made you think there was something odd about that?”
    “I don’t know, really. The woman I talked to was asking about the wolves in the woods and said she was camping alone. Then this guy showed up after I walked away and he had on this jacket with a weird logo on it. I saw something like it on a website I looked at. But it’s probably just some role-playing thing…no big deal.” Becca shrugged, trying to shed the twisting feeling in her gut.
    Here she was, trying to downplay something even though she knew that something about it was wrong. It felt like that right before she found out that Ed had a girlfriend. You’d think I’d have learned to trust that feeling by now.
    But she could see Erin wasn’t paying attention to her last few words. Instead the larger woman was frowning back at the woods. Then she caught Becca’s shoulder in a light squeeze. “You going to let the sheriff know? Maybe one of his deputies or the rangers can check them out.”
    Becca nodded, relieved that someone else shared her fears. “Something just doesn’t feel right.”
    Erin glanced away and nodded. “All right. I’ve got some things to take care of but I’ll mention this to a few other folks too. The more people keeping an eye on them, the better. I’ll see you tonight.”
    Tonight? Becca couldn’t believe that she’d forgotten that it was finally Friday. “I’ll be ready.” She smiled, hoping that Erin couldn’t see how nervous she was.
    Erin winked and nodded. “I’ll pick you up around nine.” Then she loped off down the street toward downtown like something was chasing her. Becca walked after her and wondered just what was really going on around here. And why she’d ever thought that Wolf’s Point was a boring little town.

Chapter 4
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    When she told Sheriff Henderson about the two strangers by the creek, Becca tried to make her tone casual but concerned. Just the facts, ma’am. But she could see that he wasn’t really paying attention; there was lots of nodding, but not much eye contact. Occasional grunts sounded like agreement, but probably weren’t.
    He said the right thing though, “Sure thing, Miz Thornton. I’ll have Lizzie stop by and check it out.” He jerked his head at the deputy sitting behind him.
    Deputy Lizzie Blackhawk was typing something into a computer, her expression impassive. She glanced up at the sheriff’s comment and gave Becca a long unreadable stare. Then she raised one dark eyebrow and nodded before returning to the computer.
    Oh well, Becca thought. I’ve done what I can. That didn’t make it any less disappointing. But since Lizzie was Shelly’s cousin, maybe Shelly could encourage her to follow up a bit sooner rather than later. Or not at all.
    She kept telling herself that during her shift at the hardware store, but her nerves were on edge, fraying her concentration. She would have talked to Shelly about the strangers but