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them pinned down with one hell of a forcefield. Growling, he struck out with his powers in anger. Instead of breaking the hold, it turned him into a wolf.
    He barked at Mama Peltier, who moved to stand between them. But he knew from experience that it wasn’t her powers he felt. The trouble was, he didn’t know who they belonged to.
    “No one comes into my house and does this,” she snarled. “All three of you are banned from here, and if I ever catch you inside Sanctuary again, you won’t live long enough to regret it.”
    “He attacked us,” Dare said. “Why should we be banned?”
    Dev hauled him up from the floor. “Anyone who participates in a fight is thrown out. Those are the laws.”
    Colt was far more gentle picking Angelia up.
    “There was no bloodshed,” Angelia argued.
    Mama curled her lip. “Doesn’t matter. You almost exposed us to the humans. Lucky for you, they evacuated quickly. Now get out.”
    Fury tried to turn human again to tell them what was going on, but his magick wasn’t cooperating. Not even his mental powers were working. It most likely had to do with the fact that someone else’s powers were holding him down.
    Damn it!
    Dare glared at him and made a gesture to let him know it wasn’t over. Then, he and Angelia left.
    “That means you, too, Wolf,” Dev growled. “Max, let him go.”
    The forcefield dropped.
    Finally he was able to turn back into a human. Though he could have done without the public nudity. Unlike other Were-Hunters, he couldn’t manifest clothes at the same time as he shapeshifted.
I really hate my powers . . .
    As he reached to scoop up his clothes, they were put on his body. Confused, he looked around and caught Aimee’s gaze. She inclined her head to let him know that she was the one who’d helped him. No doubt Fang had told her about his weakness.
    Dev stepped forward.
    “I’m going,” Fury said. “But before I do, let me congratulate all of you on your stupidity. Those two assholes who just left were the ones who screwed the lions upstairs. I was trying to get the information out of them.”
    Dev cursed. “Why didn’t you tell us?”
    “I was trying. Next time you forcefield someone to the ground, you might not want to stifle their ability to talk, too.”
    The dragon, Max, shook his head. “I thought you were just going to insult me for holding you down. It’s what you normally do whenever you speak to me.”
    “I probably would have had I not had something more important to tell you.”
    Dev cleared his throat to get their attention. “Are they from this time period?”
    “No.”
    Mama nodded. “Then they have to be in town somewhere. There’s no full moon for them to use to time jump.”
    Fury wished, but there was another truth about his old friend. “The woman was Aristos. She’s not bound by the moon. They could be anywhere, in any time.”
    Dev sighed. “Well, at least we got the humans out before they saw anything unnatural happen.”
    “Bully that.” Fury zipped his jacket up. “Now if you’ll excuse me—”
    ”Hey.”
    He looked at Dev.
    “You’re still banned from here.”
    “Like I care.” He’d been banned from much nicer places than this, and at least there he’d had people who’d actually cared for him . . . at least for a few years.
    Without a backward glance, he left them and headed back to Ursulines. The street was strangely quiet, especially given the fact that a large number of humans had gone screaming into the night only a few minutes before. The threat of violence must have really gotten under their skin.
    But that didn’t change the fact that he still had a wolf to track. Two of them to be precise. Common sense told him to return to his pack and tell Vane what was happening.
    Fury scoffed. “Lived my whole life without any sense. Why should I start having some now?”
    As he reached his bike, a strange fissure of power went down his spine.
    He turned in expectation of a fight, but before he could