y

’s big brown eyes made it hard to turn her down. I melted a little looking in

Harlow put on the helmet and hopped on behind me. Her arms wrapping

asy diner, all of which were neutral territory between the Howlers and the

me around the town!” she said, j

” I replied. “I’m givin

Bone Hills. Soon we were winding uphill on a dirt road. The sun was get

ff the side of the road. We finally came to my favorite lookout over the town at the top o

helmets. The lights of Gnaw Bone glowed below us to the east as the

ou can see everything fro

h?” I asked over her shoulder. I realized then that I’d stepp

rl

noticed that my cheek lined up perfectly with his broad shoulders. “A

g all the girls

eplied. “Actually, I usual

l at th

y to watch the sunset or look at

ent from any othe

lot of biker

lots of small towns. Stopped at my fair share of roadside diners an

m me a little. I wi

to break the mold,” he said, lo

sk you s

uppo

e pack,” I began. “But a bunch of you spli

ea

seem to have the same…” Unsure of how to phrase it

little. “Yeah, h

the idea of a woman

you think I’m

peak to you, I wouldn’t think so.

a sigh. “It’

st indirect answer po

since we were pups, back when Bonnie’s dad was Alpha. Di

new information. “No

live in the air for a moment. “He was a harda**, but he was

k yo

e was a couple years older than me, and he beca

myself from giving him the third

the plateau and sat down. I fol

aptain. They were doing some business in Mexico. Supposedly going down there to help people

peated, taking a

to find and kill werewolves. No one from Gnaw Bone had ever seen a hunter until that day. Hell, a lot of us thought they were just a myth. A

was all I coul

e, and the next, she was screaming on the floor in agony. Once t

rus’s hand. Almost unconsciously, he too

ing hollowed out,” he went on. “It physically hurts for months, sometimes year

as if he’d just realized it was there. His lips perked up in a slight

ut clothes on my back and food in my belly. When I was old enough, his dad gave me a

elf, I found myself confessing, “I lost my parent

ly?” he

he’s…” I trailed off and let out a sigh.

was an unspoken und

ould stay with Blayze. Sometimes fa

’t want to, but this rivalry between the Howlers and the Blood Dogs is real. It might not seem lik

especially with him there, brought me a strange sense of hope I hadn’t had in a long time. I n

I really needed this job. Not to mention that B

ld go our separate

med, but he still didn

t see each other

for a second. “And we defi

“Do what?” Cyrus l