an's

nto the cabin as soon

smelled of jet fuel and some s

clouds pressed down in

d at the top of the stairs and

e up behind me and spoke quietly. "

guards surrounded me at once. Two moved ahead while the other

"We've heard that Caden Murray, the Alpha of the Ash Pack, has

, but something in

f every transaction, including dates, locations, and amounts. It also l

ue werewolf network we'd built across t

this informat

o see Caden himself." Worry slipped into Barry's voice despite his effort to hide it.

ough," I c

the east exit. A light rain had turned th

er back first. Then..." I faced Barry a

beneath the awning while our

into a semicircle and watched the tr

r exhaust and rain-soaked concrete. Under that was coffee from the terminal,

me then, but the rain ha

the wind, mixed with t

ed it in

omen stepped through a side door and hurried

brown. Short hair framed her face. One hand covered

nch coat covered her, and its hem rose whenever the wind caught it. She didn't rush like

ds stuck to her cheek. She tilted her face away from th

jasmine back to me, and i

ose was straight, her profile delicate-the kind of face you'd find in an old painting. The belt aro

ead slightly. Her lips tightened with concentrati

d shouted from beside the taxis. "It's po

lue umbrella from her bag. The rain no longer hid he

bones, while the cold rain had t

nto a smile, and

t it. I'

blue canopy stood out against the gloomy

I couldn't d

smile, and the way she wrapped her fingers around the um

ry called fr

ept running. Rain struck my face and drenched my hair and suit almost at once. Water ran

s!" I

gh the downpour, and she kept

back first. Alexis closed the umbrella and leaned down to climb in after her. I c

t there just as

t rear window, but the v

ded into the airport traffic as the taxi c

ickly gained speed. Rain blurred the license plate until it beca

ised a black umbrella above me. "

ared at the turn where the taxi had vanished. My b

'd been dead for two years. H

ella the same way, and she'd lowered her lashes just a

ued to fall

final time before getting in

of jasmine remai

, she was alive, and I

lock her up to keep her, then so be i