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the instincts of the Wolf always overruled the mind of the man.
    Bethany looked over at Zaidu and smiled. “Thank you again, by the way. For getting me out of that tree.” When he turned to look at her she gave him a smile. “I just hate that you got hurt because of it. I’m so sorry. And your poor bike. I will buy you a new one because it’s my fault that you were in an accident.”
    “It wasn’t your fault,” he told her. “And you don’t even want to know the final sticker price that was attached to it.”
    She shrugged. “I can afford it,” she admitted to him. “Besides it’s the least I can do.” Yes, it hadn’t been her fault, but she felt terrible that the poor man’s bike was damaged as it had been. Plus it would give her a reason to see him again.
    Shrugging since he figured she’d just keep insisting, he closed his eyes and rolled carefully. He just wouldn’t tell her the cost and that would be the end of it. Licking his lips he scratched at his chest lightly. His ribs were starting to heal. “I’m sorry I scared you, Beth. I didn’t mean to,” he murmured softly.
    Beth nodded and took in a deep breath. “Is that the reason you were able to walk in the middle of all those Wolves without fear?” Her tone wobbled as she spoke. “Are you like them? Are you a werewolf, too?” The disbelief was clear in her tone from saying that word, werewolf .
    Snorting, he instantly regretted it and pressed a hand to his aching chest, letting air slip through his teeth on a hiss. “Werewolves are what humans term us because they can’t or won’t comprehend what we and other Changers truly are. I walked in there without fear because I knew I could get them before they got me. It’s my genetics and my training. I’m a Hunter of the Rogues of my kind both by birth and destiny. Makes me faster, meaner, and deadlier than any other out there. Am I Wolf? Yes. Am I like them? Not in a million years, Gaia be willing.”
    “Gaia? You are the second person that I’ve heard calling upon the Goddess.” She cocked her head to the side and asked, “Why?” She seemed to be trying to accept the information that he was giving her. The need to accept it was clear on her face. “And a hunter of the Rogues. I take it those are the bad people? So you are like a cop?”
    “Gaia is our creator, our mother if you will,” he said, moving again with care. He couldn’t find a position he was comfortable in and had a feeling he wouldn’t for a while. “Rogues are those that feel they don’t need to abide by the rules that govern all Changers. There are the general ones for all of us and then ones that are race specific dependent upon our abilities and traits. A Hunter is born once every couple of millennia, unless another dies, and is more of a judge and jury sort.” And more often than not, executioner, but he kept that to himself.
    “So the men who treed me, they will face punishment for what they did, right?” Because they had worked far too smoothly to have had that be their first time. “Will I need to testify in court or something?” she asked with a frown and winced. “Ouch, I think that the local you gave me is wearing off, Jess.”
    “Sorry, Beth. I will give you another.” She looked to Zaidu. “How you doing over there, Wolf? After I’ve finished with Beth I will come look you over. For now getting the shit out of her feet takes priority. Unless you think that there is something broken that I need to look at now?”
    “There’s a lot broken, Doc,” he muttered, shifting again. “But it’s all healing. Why do you think I’m squirming as I am?” He had to relieve the ache that a healing bone created and that only worked when he could sort of curl into it. “They’ll face the Council and more than likely be executed.”
    “Just wanted to make sure that you were all right and didn’t need immediate attention. Figured you would want me to take care of Beth first,” Jess said and went back to