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Kallie’s voice crackled in his ear piece.
    “They’re here.”
    He knew, from the way the guards around them were bracing for action, that she used the open communication so everyone with ear buds heard her warning. “I’d advise you, go to your mates.” Taber said. “You’re Elders, you need to be protected as well.”
    “That’s not how we operate. When our clan is in trouble, we stand to defend it. Our women and children will be protected by all able male bodies…” Ty’s words were cut off by gunshots at the main gate.
    They ran to the gate, no one shifting yet. For security, they fought in their human forms, and would shift only if necessary, hiding their second nature as much as possible.
    Taber ran past command central, hoping Kallie had taken his advice to stay safe.
    The ground guards defended the main gate as a group of rogues attacked from the other side. “One got through. He broke free before I could detain him.” Lance gave them a quick status update as they neared.
    “Damn it.” Taber frowned. “Kallie, do you have a mark on the threat?”
    “Searching now,” Kallie answered. “Shit! He’s coming straight…” Her words where interrupted by the sound of a loud crash and a door splintering. Her scream filled his ear.
    He turned to the Elders. “He’s at command central.”
    “Ty go with Taber. I’ll help here.” Raja waved for them to leave.
    “Do you think the rogue knew the layout and chose command central for a reason?” Taber ran even steps with Ty.
    “How would they have found out about our layout?” Ty shook his head. “Damn it! It had to be Chris! He betrayed his own clan to assist Pierce when Tabitha first arrived in Alaska. He would have given the rogues the information to attack our compound, in order to save his sister. When we get through this fight, we’ll send a team to Georgia to eliminate him. He won’t get away with risking my mate and this clan again.”
    They slowed as they approached command center. The door lay in pieces on the floor, and a tiger’s roar ripped through the air. Taber rushed past Ty, running full speed toward the door, hoping he wasn’t too late to save Kallie.
    Inside, Mark, in tiger form, was lying on the floor bleeding and unconscious. The rogue searched the monitors. Taber attacked, leaping in the air to pounce on the rogue and knock him to the floor. Wrapping a hand around the rogue’s throat, Taber began squeezing the life from him. But the rogue wasn’t shifting. Loosened his grip, he realized the rogue was human. “What do you want?”
    “I was paid to lead the team. To find two women.” The man’s fingers clawed at Taber’s hands around his neck.
    “Who are you?” Ty glared at the man as he bent to check the pulse at Mark’s neck. “And what have you done with the woman that was here?”
    “My name is Kenneth. I was Special Forces until I found out about your kind. The woman…she took off.” He pointed to the window. “I wouldn’t have hurt her.”
    Ty raised an eyebrow. “Your actions don’t speak very well, considering Mark’s condition.”
    “He attacked me first. I know shifters can heal from gunshot wounds.” He glanced back at Taber. “If you’d let me up, I’ll explain why I’m here and maybe we can work this out. I didn’t want to shoot him or anyone else.”
    “You’ve got another thing coming if you think I’m going to let you free. Talk, and then we’ll decide what to do with you.” Taber released the man’s neck, but pushed him over and held both arms behind his back.
    “I told you, I was hired to find two women. Sisters, taken against their will. If you check my jacket pocket there are pictures of these women.”
    Taber reached in and pulled out two photographs. Kallie and Tabitha . “What do you want with them? Who hired you?”
    “Their husbands. They want their wives back.”
    Ty laughed. “Considering one of those women is my mate, I find your story hard to believe.”
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