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about every other day now. He liked to talk, even if it was just to hash stuff out with Thane, especially if he was coming to a roadblock where the old Silex information system was concerned. The guy was a genius when it came to hacking into secret databases. It wasn’t odd that Jugkar was working over the holidays either.
    “Silex, are you there?”
    “Yes, I’m still here, Constance. I have a call on the other line. Do what you have to do in order to make any early guests comfortable. Everyone knows about the surprise. Just not Kalena. Not yet. Call the linen company and have them expedite the shipping.”
    “Yes, sir.”
    Thane switched over to the other call. “This is Thane.”
    “It’s Jugkar. Are you seated?” Jugkar’s rushed tone came through the line.
    “No, I was in the labs at Silex talking to some scientists about some of the old formulas. I’m walking out now.”
    “Oh, man…you won’t believe what I uncovered.” The wolf’s giddy excitement flowed through the phone.
    Thane stopped in his tracks. He knew Jugkar too well. When the man got excited, it meant he’d discovered some major dirt.
    “What’s going on?” Thane asked.
    “Man, I don’t even know if I can explain this in words. You’ve gotta see it.”
    “I’m scheduled to be at UCON in thirty minutes. Can you sum it up, or should we schedule a meeting tonight.”
    “It seems that Gavril recently bought a home down in Texas using a fake alias and the proceeds from a now defunct trust fund company. But get this…?”
    “Yeah?” Thane pressed the cell phone tightly to his ear.
    “There’s a woman living in the home by the name of Illene Northman. She’s been living there for years.”
    “Northman? Why does that sound familiar?”
    “Illene Northman is Upir’s stepdaughter. She’s one of us, Thane. She’s a shifter who can’t shift.”
    Thane’s fingers shook and the phone almost slipped out of his sweaty palms. A dry lump rose in his throat. He had forgotten to breathe and his lungs burned. His phone buzzed again, but he didn’t even bother to check caller ID or answer this time.
    “You there?” Jugkar asked.
    Disturbing images from the day of Thane’s struggle with Gavril flashed through his mind. He could do nothing to erase them. All of the memories flooded back as the worst-case scenario played out before him.
    Thane frowned and his blood quickened. “Gods, no…”
    He dropped his arms to his sides, mustered all the power within him, and teleported to his home using the speed of light.
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    “ Y our lover ?” Kalena shuffled backward. Her earlier suspicions were finally making sense.
    “Don’t play stupid. You know very well who I mean,” Illene said.
    “Gavril?”
    “Bingo,” she said, taking several steps forward.
    “Oh, God,” one of the maids cried out. Another raced for the door.
    “Stop right there!” Illene demanded. “Take another step and I’ll claw both of your faces off.”
    Kalena reached for the gun near her waistband.
    “Don’t run now. Where’s that twin of his?”
    “None of your business,” Kalena replied.
    “Gavril and I really had a good thing going until his brother messed everything up. Until you put a bullet in his head. You two have ruined everything for me. All of my stepdad’s bank accounts were wiped cleaned by UCON after he was murdered and now I have nothing. That’s no way to honor a deceased Council member now is it?”
    Kalena’s mouth dropped open and she felt nauseous.
    “Oh, don’t look so shocked. The rumors always come around. You got involved and threw yourself into an argument between two brothers. You killed a legend. An innovator. We were to mate. We were to be together forever.” She frowned.
    “I killed a murderer,” Kalena stated.
    “No!”
    Kalena didn’t miss the deep growl that erupted with Illene’s outburst. The woman’s eyes were still as black as coal.
    “We finally came into our own and became who and what we were born to be,