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wondering if he sounded like some kind of overly idealistic idiot. “Until this guy is stopped, no one is safe.” He looked back up at her. The soft expression in her eyes made his wolf sing.
    He was telling the truth when he said he wanted to stop the Wolf Hunter, but his inner beast was insisting there was a whole lot more to it than that.
    “I’m trying to catch him, too,” she said, softly.
    His heart surged with hope. “Let me help you. I’m just a regular wolf, a healer, but I want to help.”
    She smiled a little, but it was uncertain, like she wasn’t quite sure what to make of him. “That’s probably why you run into burning buildings to rescue people you don’t know.”
    Well, she was right about that. And somehow it didn’t surprise him that she could see straight inside him right off the bat. “Will you introduce me to your cousin? I’ve been fanboying over him for a long time.”
    At that, she laughed, and the smile on her face transformed her from gorgeous to breathtakingly beautiful. Yeah, his wolf was right—there was a lot more in this for him than just a righteous cause.
    Her laugh settled into just a smile. “I guess I owe you.” She said it with a small smirk.
    “Thank you. I’ll let you get dressed.” Then he hustled his ass out of the ambulance before she could change her mind.
    Troy spent a long minute standing around, waiting awkwardly with her father and her cousin. When Zoe finally emerged from the ambulance, she had ditched the blanket and was still barefoot, but now she was dressed in the thin cotton pajamas he gave her. The half of her deep black hair that was still long cascaded over her shoulders and bounced lightly as she moved. The half that was burnt short made her look like a goth rocker, ready to go on tour.
    Daniel spoke first. “We need to move you out of here, Zoe.”
    She looked up at the still-burning building. “Doesn’t look I can to get much more work done tonight, anyway.”
    Her father shook his head. “Daniel wants you to move up to the River family estate in the mountains for a while. I think it’s a good idea.”
    Zoe’s smiled disappeared. “What about my research? How am I going to—”
    Her father cut her off with a placating raise of his hand, patting the air. “The River family’s expanding the estate, with your cousin Terra’s help. I’m sure they’ll have room for you to set up something and continue your work there. It will take a little time for the insurance to cover the cost of getting your equipment replaced in the lab, anyway.”
    Zoe scowled. “All right. I still have my simulations. I can work with that.” She looked like she was holding back from saying more, but then she just added, “This is Troy.” She gestured to him, then narrowed her eyes. “I don’t know your last name.”
    “Hartman.” He gave her a smile.
    She turned back to Daniel. “This is Troy Hartman. He just saved my life. He’s a shifter and a healer—and I think he would be a great help to the cause. He says he’d like to join us.”
    Daniel gave Troy a quizzical look but then extended his hand. “We can use all the help we can get. Maybe you can help Zoe get moved up to the estate and settled in.”
    Troy smiled wider and shook his hand. “That sounds perfect.” He had heard of the River family estate, of course—the Wolf Hunter had outed the location on one of his videos. And Daniel Wilding himself was welcoming Troy into the fight to find and stop that bastard. And he was going to help Zoe Wilding move, at least temporarily, to the estate as well, buying him a little extra time with her.
    This was working out better than he could’ve hoped.

 
    Zoe had a hard time keeping her eyes off Troy.
    “You sure you’re all right?” he asked, for the fourth time. He was driving her up to the River family estate in the mountains outside Seattle. The car’s headlights sliced through the nighttime forest.
    “Yeah, it’s just still kind of a blur.”