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on?” she thought to them.

    There was no response. So, they’d agreed to keep her in the dark. And it looked like Beth was playing along to appear like she was with them. Veronica tried to reach their minds, but they were shut off to her.

    She finally saw the flashes of black fur up ahead. There were more than four bears in the woods, wrestling and jumping on each other. But then she saw several bears run off, away from the group.

    “Stop this fighting now!” she shouted in her mind.  

    Her four women turned and ran toward her, now that the bears they were fighting ran off.

    “What are you doing?” she demanded. “I forbid you from coming here.”

    “And we decided to take matters into our own hands,” Christina thought back, not pausing as she ran right past her. “We taught them a lesson. We’re not pushovers. We’re not weak girly bears.”

    Veronica turned, and now she was chasing after them. “Tell me what happened.”

    There was only silence in their heads. She knew Beth would tell her later probably, but she wanted them to fess up.

    “Did anyone get hurt?” she asked.

    “None of our clan,” Christina thought proudly.

    “And the Walkers?” Silence again. “You have all deliberately disobeyed me. I should fight and kill every one of you.”

    Christina laughed in her mind from several feet ahead of Veronica. “Go ahead. You think you can beat any of us? You wouldn’t even try. You’re all talk.”

    Anger flared again inside her. Slade was right. She had to do something. They were going to keep attacking. Keep stepping out of line. But the thought of taking the action she should take overwhelmed her. She wasn’t the best fighter, it was true. And though being alpha gave her some advantage in size and strength, it wouldn’t be enough. She didn’t want to fight them, either. Didn’t want to hurt them, even if they had done something horrible. There was enough pain in her life. She didn’t want more.

    When they got back to the house, they changed back to human form and Veronica shouted at them, standing naked on the back porch. “This is unacceptable, all of you! You have gone against my commands and you have attacked innocent men. I hope they press charges. I hope you all wind up in jail. Don’t think I’ll come to bail you out.”

    Christina glared back and Abby had a hard look, but Beth refused to look at her and Robin looked ashamed. At least she knew where she stood with each of them.

    “They won’t press charges because we’ll just attack again,” Christina said. “I’m not afraid of jail time and besides, what are they going to say? That I turned into a bear and clawed them? He has obvious animal injuries. No one will believe him.”

    “Who?” Veronica asked.

    “One of the Walkers,” Abby said.

    “We went after one of the bee guys,” Christina said. “He wasn’t so tough after all.”

    “With four on one?” Veronica shrieked. “I guess not. I don’t know how many people would be, even those big men. How unfair and unethical. You fought one of them? All four of you?”

    “We waited until we could get one alone,” Robin said quietly. “It was Christina’s idea.”

    Christina turned and glared. “Well, someone had to take charge around here. Clearly you weren’t going to do anything.” She gestured to Veronica.

    “I was, actually,” Veronica said. “When you launched into your disobedient plan, I was talking with their leader, trying to come to an agreement. You know, the proper and civil way, like adults.”

    Christin huffed. “We’re bears, V. Don’t forget that. Our animal nature changes things.”

    Veronica snatched up her clothes from the floor where she’d left them and yanked her shorts on. “Yeah, well, our human nature doesn’t.” She pulled on her shirt next. “None of you will leave this house for the rest of the night. Do you understand me?”

    They all nodded except Christina. She narrowed her eyes and watched