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previous cheerful demeanor shifted to a solemn frown. He sighed, resting his forearms on the counter. “When?”
    “Today, far as I can tell.”
    “How?”
    “No details. His sister is in Doc’s office, shot.”
    “Who did it?”
    “Hunters. Pretty boy here and his bro found her.”
    Gee glanced to Rogue. “Details?”
    Tension filled his jaw and his stomach churned as the visions of her bloodied body 14

    rolled through his head. He ground his teeth. “She was being tracked, got shot on the edge of our territory. She had a tracer in her arm.”
    The brutality these monsters put her through made his blood boil. If there had been a moment to spare at the time they rescued her, he would have hunted the rest down and torn them apart. Those bastards that escaped got off easy.
    “Is she gonna live?” The bear arched his brows.
    “Bastian thinks so.” Rogue shifted his stance. He’d never seen the big guy get emotional over bad news before.
    “What did she say?”
    “Not much. She’s pretty messed up. But the attackers were in camouflage gear, had rifles, and…Seth and I killed four of them.”
    Gee shook his head. “There were more of them, weren’t there?”
    “We think maybe three more on-site.” Rogue studied their difficult-to-read expressions. “Who is she? And who was Griffith?” How come he’d never heard of the cougar or her brother before?
    The bear straightened. “Join me out back.”
    Once outside, Gee continued. “When Drew was banished by Magnum and lived outside of the pack, he got to know some other folks. Nonhuman folks. Griffith and his sister, Klaya, were a few of them.”
    “Her name is Klaya?” The name rolled off his tongue, unique and alluring, just like her. The vision of the mysterious redhead haunted him. Rogue was desperate to learn everything he could about her. A strange need to return to her side clawed at his insides.
    “She and Griffith left their clan decades ago and ran solitary. Short story, they saved one of our wolves’ lives a few years ago.”
    “Who did they save?” They’d saved a wolf and he’d never heard of them? Of course, Magnum hadn’t been big on sharing, so maybe that was why.
    Gee furrowed his brows. “It’s not important right now.” He exhaled. “They had a little cabin outside our territory, near Keystone.”
    Who tried to hurt her? Why had they killed her brother and hunted her down like prey? He gritted his teeth, refraining from the surging impulse to slam his palm on the picnic table and demand the answers they avoided giving him. Being a beta was nature’s 15

    cruel joke on him. His underlying aggression and need to challenge went against the very grain of a less dominant rank in the pack.
    Rogue was the protective, impulsive one who acted on instinct first, regardless of the potential consequences. Seth, on the other hand, was the logical brother who deliberated most actions before taking steps. He always needed to seek out direction from their alpha, and even the enforcer. Seth was cut out for the beta role in the pack. One of the hardest lessons Rogue had to learn was to keep his mouth shut and embrace the patience he lacked. A significant genetic abnormality, as far as he was concerned.
    “My guess would be the same guys who tried to kill a wolf from our pack years ago.”
    Ryker grumbled.
    “What wolf?” The same wolf she and her brother saved? Someone else? “I’ve never heard this story before.”
    Gee and the enforcer stared at each other for a moment, as though reading each other’s thoughts. Then Ryker shook his head and cleared his throat. “If they tracked her until Doc smashed the chip, they will come looking for her here. She can’t be near Drew until it’s safe.”
    “We need to hide her someplace outside of town,” Gee agreed.
    Ryker nodded.
    “Where can we hide her?” Rogue folded his arms.
    “There’s a cave up in the mountains, Ryker. Amethyst Falls.” Gee said. “It’s on the edge of Black Hills