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e siren pulled me back to r
ed green. Today was my brother's birthday, and as much as I loved being away from home an
ted the officer even bef
ly Mr. Clark. The guy who
, forcing a smil
huh?" he teased. "You good? You know the
Clark, I
s Rex, Rachel.
rry. I
t going so you don't miss
ike I'd heard everything. I hadn't grown up with that frien
en gone for eternity-just six months since I last dropped by but nothing
my childhood fr
onded. "Long
efly before I n
e it's what I
a laugh. It was crazy that ev
de to catch up on old times, while I scan
hday to you! Happy birthday, happy
r birthday song. Yeah, we werewolves had adapted too,
e hugged tightly, her embrace nearly squeezing the life out of me. I cou
I mean, look at your broth
ng at Theo. "He'll pro
the thought, the inevi
chel?" my dad called from the head
to be avoiding me a little, sticking with his new friends. Meanwhile, Sarah and
roat. Why was he bothering me now?
into this again. I know it's your day off, but we're after a suspect-Gabriel. There's been a murder at Ocean Beach
me to do, Dave?" I
hicle. He'll be driving past your fami
told you, I'm a werewolf, not a Lycan.
, her voice laced with
be bac
arrived," Th
stay at least a da
m not going far
turned to leave, furious. I wasn't ready to have that conversation again. Not n
ou still
onda Accord, dark blue
r gated driveway, a dark blue vehicl
inking, I punched through the window, unlocking it. Please be him. It had to be him. The vehicle's alarm blared suddenly, doing i
at our gatekeeper, but my dad's vo
d, but Albert hesitated bef
gh the gates into the street but the blue vehic
eedle shooting up. I wasn't about to let tha
ver, no matter how many times I ended the call. Eventuall
gritted teeth, but he was alrea
er him right now. Could yo
careful! H
d. I nearly collided with a bus on the opposite lane, but somehow, by sheer luck, I managed to avoid it. Ver
ere four people in the car-two in the front, two in the back. I must have stared too long, because suddenly, they surged
be my crazi