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them.”
    “Okay. I will. Goodbye Dr. Eisenhart.”
    “Goodbye, Wendy.”
    Evelyn’s throat constricted as she said her goodbye. It was only Dr. Alverez that she didn’t get along with at the clinic. The low murmur of his voice came through the other end of the phone line, then silence, then him clearing his throat.
    “Dr. Eisenhart. I assume this is in regards to activating the clause in your new contract.”
    “Yes it is.” Evelyn didn’t bother going into any details. Dr. Alverez wasn’t the type of person who cared about personal details; he was all business, especially when dealing with Evelyn.
    “Fine. I’ll contact my lawyer.”
    “Thank you.”
    There was more silence on the other end, then Dr. Alverez cleared his throat again. “I think that you are a good doctor, Evelyn. You just need to get your personal life in order. Good luck with your future career and please keep our non-compete clause stipulations in mind.”
    Evelyn was a little taken aback by the compliment but still didn’t feel confident calling the man by his first name. “Ah…I will, thank you, Dr. Alverez.”
    He hung up without saying goodbye, but Evelyn didn’t mind. She found that she actually had a tiny soft spot for the grumpy old man after all.

8
    The rest of the day was spent killing time with various activities. Kim contacted a few friends and family members, trying to convince them that her injury had made her decide to take a vacation from both school and swimming. In the middle of the phone call with her mother, she retired to the bedroom and didn’t emerge for over an hour. Caroline did not come back to the room, and since the room had been cleaned while they were meeting with Zachary, David eschewed sleeping on the couch in favor of the king-size bed in the bedroom previously occupied by the ornery Wahya Beta.
    The next morning Evelyn awoke refreshed from an uninterrupted night of dreamless sleep and was ready to leave the casino. Dressing quickly, she constantly checked her cell phone, waiting for Roberto’s call, and had to force herself to sit down and eat breakfast.
    The three of them sat at the table without talking, David sipping coffee and Kim pushing soggy hash browns around her plate until finally breaking the silence.
    “Is this how it’s going to be now?”
    Evelyn lifted her eyebrows. “What do you mean?”
    “I mean, the hiding, not being able to go outside.”
    David lowered his mug. “I think you will probably be fine to go outside and do things fairly normally. There’s no reason for the Vulke to make the connection that you’re with us, or that you’re in Michigan. Evie and I, however, are in a bit of a bind. We’re going to have to keep a low profile until we get things figured out. We can’t be sure that the Vulke aren’t going to try another assassination attempt, although if we were smart, we probably would’ve left the state.”
    Kim’s shoulders relaxed.
    “I guess that’s what makes ours such a cunning plan, hiding in plain sight,” Evelyn chuckled.
    “I guess. It just isn’t fair that the Vulke know who we are and how to find us, and we don’t know anything about them.” David’s face puckered in frustration.
    Pursing her lips, Evelyn tried to placate him. “Maybe Roberto can get us more information on that. I mean, the Council had to be keeping track at least a little after all the trouble two years ago, right? He at least would know the current Vulke leadership.”
    “Unless they lied or changed leadership since the Council manor blew up.”
    Evelyn frowned at David. “I know it’s frustrating right now, but we’ll figure things out. We aren’t the only ones thinking about what to do now. At least some of the other packs are thinking the same things that we are and working on the same problems. We just need to worry about our end right now, which is getting back in the lab.”
    His scowl easing, David managed a weak smile. “I guess you’re right.”
    Not long after