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avy service door and threw the deadbolt. Th

shrieked. "You can't lock me

e cheap notepad, and pulled out a device I hadn't touched in three

esse

tantly. It wasn't a receptionist

ga was gone. This was the voice of someone used to giving orders. "Location: Shadow

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ng David Shaw. My

na. And tell her to bring the

utes," he growled. "Burn it dow

ung

into the kitchen. He was pale, pressing

n Goddess, Mark,

o were you calling? The poli

e sink and ripped t

like taking a deep breath after being underwa

st, Ozone, and White Lotus. It was a scent so potent, so undeniably Royal,

ocking onto mine. He didn't bow. He didn't cower. He watched me with an intensity t

es," I murm

e steak warm,

ns wailed outside. Not police sirens. These were th

kitchen shook as some

p! It's

ked at me.

cked th

or, I could see black SUVs surrounding the building. Wolves in full tactica

?" Connor yelled.

e hit the wal

ce drained of all color. The realization hit him like a freight train. The scent wasn

ispered. "You.

him. "And the daughter of the

. She was seven feet tall in her shifted form, currently in hu

r. She walked straight t

s. The perime

hand, revealing the ang

cold as the grave. "Giv

portfolio at

id. "Now... yo