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laughed at him. “We didn’t come together for nothing. Mr. Simmons hired us. We’re all enforcers for him.”
    Apollo raised a brow at that one. “Paid enforcers? Mercs?”
    “You could say that.” The wolf nodded, liking the sound of being called a mercenary. “Yeah, a private army for a very wealthy wolf.”
    “That’s cool.” Apollo eyed each man as the chopper continued along its flight path. “How long y’all been with this…Simmons?”
    “Yeah. Simmons.” The wolf shrugged. “Different times really. I have been with him for nearly five years. Most of these guys over ten years.” He scooted closer and lowered his voice somewhat. “Once his daughter come up missing, the old man went bat shit crazy and started spending his money on all kinds of security. He has a compound in Belize that would blow your mind. All of his cars are armored. He has dozens of wolves patrolling all the time just to keep his daughter safe.”
    “Wait, I thought you said she went missing?”
    “Well, she did. But then she came back. She was gone for nearly ten years…wait. So…you don’t know who I’m talking about?”
    “Brother, I have no fuckin’ clue.” Apollo shrugged.
    “Your people were the ones that had her.”
    Apollo gave him a disbelieving look. “My people?”
    The wolf laughed again. “Yeah, man. That’s why the old man wants them all dead. They held her for nearly ten years.”
    “We didn’t hold nobody.” Apollo’s face was twisted in confusion.
    “Yeah they did. Had her on ice. Literally.” The wolf leaned in and spoke into his ear. “Little blonde gal. Spoiled rotten? This shit seriously isn’t ringing any bells?”
    Apollo shook his head. “No, man. We didn’t have nobody like that. We weren’t set up for holding prisoners.”
    The wolf leaned back in his seat and smiled. “Maybe you should talk to your people?”
    “Yeah.” Apollo leaned back and watched as the landscape slid by underneath them again. “Maybe I should.”
     
    *****
     
    “It’s not good.”
    “Define ‘not good’, Matt.” Tracy’s eyes hardened as she stared at him, her heart sinking in her chest.
    “Like maybe you should come with me.” He held the door open for her and watched the color drain from her face.
    She backed away a half step, her head shaking. “I-I can’t just…I mean. I have to…the dogs. And…”
    “Tracy.” Matt placed a hand on her shoulder. “Now.”
    She felt a lump form in her throat as her body responded, moving her forward even though her brain was screaming at her to run.
    She nearly jumped as he shut the door and circled the car to get in behind the wheel. She felt her hands begin to shake as her mind raced, playing a thousand possible scenarios. “What happened?”
    Matt started the car and pulled out onto the pavement, turning toward the hangar with purpose. “We had a mission and had just released from it. The next thing we know, all hell broke loose.” He slowed slightly then drove through the stop sign. “We were under attack.”
    “Who in the name of…” Her mind couldn’t conceive of anybody stupid enough to attack a squad of monster hunters. “Who was it?”
    “We don’t know yet. All we do know is that they were mostly wolves.” Matt pushed the car past the legal limit, ready to hit the red and blue emergency lights if they happened to run afoul of any base police. “Anyway, they were in retreat. Mark and a couple of others were putting down the wounded and—”
    “Putting down the wounded?” She stared at him open mouthed. “Did nobody think about interrogating them?”
    He ignored her. “One of the wounded tore into him. Literally shredded him from throat to waistband.”
    Her breath caught in her throat as she thought of her husband being torn open by something as vicious as a werewolf. “Did he…”
    “He’s still alive, Tracy. They’re working on him as we…” He turned and gave her a sympathetic look. “He was still alive when I came