are…were both shifters that worked for the Marshals a long time. So when Trent came to them about his boss, Shawn Langford, killing two men, they knew there was more to it than a simple murder. The guys that Shawn killed were rogue shifters. There have been several attacks and killings in the last several months. We now figure that Shawn was behind the attacks and killings since they’ve stopped. We’ve got Shawn locked away but without Trent we have no witness and there’s a chance he could get away with it.”
“Shawn’s also a shifter?” Jade questioned.
“Yes.” Kendra nodded. “He never told us why he was hunting the rogues and we really want an answer to that.”
As a lone wolf himself, Cole was behind getting that intel as well. It would be a good time to tell her that the attacks hadn’t stopped and instead were now taking place in Lake Worth, but he’d hold out until he spoke to his commander and Zak. That reminded him that he’d not made Jade aware either. Shit, this really was a mess. “What exactly happened to the two agents?” he asked.
As Kendra continued to report, Cole took out his phone and sent a text to Zak, telling the tiger shifter that they needed to talk ASAP. He set his cell on the table and tried to pay attention to what Kendra was saying.
He couldn’t get past the fact that he’d slept with this woman, that she’d disappeared and that now she was sitting just feet from him. His erection was still aching for release and now he was mixed up in a case that had the potential to blow up in their faces.
They would have to work together to stop the attacks once and for all.
“You have no idea where he is now?” Jade asked Kendra once she had stopped talking.
“I’ve been checking out motels in the city all night but haven’t found him yet. Either he’s holed up in one I haven’t been to yet or somewhere else,” Kendra said.
“We can get the others to start checking around. Maybe around the bridge where a lot of the homeless hang out,” Jade suggested, looking at him.
Cole pulled out the photo of Trent that was in the file. He slid it to Jade as a knock sounded at the door. Zak’s scent reached him and he nodded. “Why don’t you take Marshal Brown to our office and get the boys on searching for Trent. I need to speak with Zak real quick.”
Jade stood and motioned for Kendra to do the same. “Sure.”
He glanced up at Kendra, only to find her gaze on him. She smiled. “Oh, Agent Babcock, I think it’ll be okay to call me Kendra.” She licked her lips.
Cole almost groaned but managed to hold it in. “Okay.” He leaned back as she approached.
Jade had walked to the door but Cole could feel her eyes still on him.
Kendra trailed a finger down his chest as she pressed against his side. “I didn’t think I’d see you again so soon,” she whispered.
Without thought, he wrapped his fingers around her wrist. “What were you doing out there last night?” He asked because her presence in the safe zone and now at his office was too weird and he didn’t know if he could trust her.
“I was out for a run,” she replied in all innocence.
He wasn’t fooled for a second. Kendra was hiding as much as he was, if not more.
“Are you part of the pack here?” he questioned. Her answer was important on so many levels. The Marshal case, Zak’s case, and his own reasons for not joining with them himself.
“Of course,” she said. She straightened but didn’t attempt to pull her arm away.
He tightened his hold for an instant in warning.
For the first time since they’d entered the room she dropped her eyes and showed some of the submission he’d witnessed the night before. God, that was an arousing sight.
Fingers still locked around her, Cole stood before he pulled her up against his chest. Her breath whooshed out and the scent of her arousal flooded his senses. “You’re not telling me everything,” he accused. “You need to think real hard about what
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