Blown Away
“Sixty-five hours till Emily’s birthday “All this for a bunch of birds?” Emily groaned. Her lawn was as crowded as Easter church with cops, detectives, bomb dogs, CSIs, and firefighters. Even a sawhorse team from Public Works to keep rubbernecks at bay. Yellow tape was everywhere. It was monumentally embarrassing.
“Let’s talk,” Branch rumbled from behind.
Emily turned, saw he’d changed. At the cemetery he was detached—fascinated, certainly, but ultimately a bystander, like her. Here, on his home... turf, Branch was Alpha Wolf, protecting his pack from marauders. His expression was harder, lips flatter, eyes wide and darting, looking for the scat and broken twigs that signified the presence of the Other. A warmth washed over her. Even though she could take care of herself, she was happy to see the department bare its teeth on her behalf. “Did you find those three…uh, bodies?”
“In the bushes, right where you threw ’em. We need to talk about that.” He answered his ringing cell phone.MoreLess
“Let’s talk,” Branch rumbled from behind.
Emily turned, saw he’d changed. At the cemetery he was detached—fascinated, certainly, but ultimately a bystander, like her. Here, on his home... turf, Branch was Alpha Wolf, protecting his pack from marauders. His expression was harder, lips flatter, eyes wide and darting, looking for the scat and broken twigs that signified the presence of the Other. A warmth washed over her. Even though she could take care of herself, she was happy to see the department bare its teeth on her behalf. “Did you find those three…uh, bodies?”
“In the bushes, right where you threw ’em. We need to talk about that.” He answered his ringing cell phone.MoreLess
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