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to do with the wolf in the cell Phil brought back?”
    Connor nodded.
    “Am I going to get my ass in deep
because of it?”
    Connor shook his head. “They’ll probably
reward you for finding it. I’m sorry, Austin, but there was no other way.”
    Austin nodded and they all went inside. The
council of five was sitting around the table and their mom was feeding them. It
was going to be a long day.

Chapter 4
     
    The all-call was sounded about ten
minutes ago and Stacy was not sure if she should go or stay away. She did not
feel a part of Austin’s pack, though it was not his fault, but she was not sure
what to do. She decided to go, but to stay back in the event she was not
needed.
    The pack met once a month during the
moon phase. She had never missed a meeting, but seldom ran with them. She was
afraid someone would attack because she was not like them. Today, she knew that
something had happened.
    Austin started off by talking about the
woman and her children. He told them that she wasn’t safe where she’d been and
he was asking that no one told where she was. Stacy knew that most of the pack
would rather die than to disappoint him. Then he started talking about where
she had come from.
    “The alpha from where this woman had
been attacked, attacked a smaller pack this morning. He killed more than half
the males and took several of their females, some of them small yet. His name
is Rich Sterling. If anyone sees a strange alpha on the grounds, contact
someone in this house immediately. We will not allow him to do what he has done
to another.”
    “Should we double the patrols around the
grounds?” someone shouted from the back of the crowd. “What of our own
families? Should we do something more to keep them out of harm’s way?”
    “I don’t think so, but if you would feel
safer for them to be put some place, bring them here. I have plenty of room and
if we run low on room, we can bunk up some of the others until this is over.” Austin
conferred with his brother Connor. “Tighter patrols as well as more of you on a
shift will be a good idea. Connor said he’d put up a list to see who wants to
help out. I don’t foresee him coming here so fast, but he will come.”
    Stacy waited for Austin to announce that
she was Sterling’s daughter and tensed every time he spoke. When she felt
someone come near her, she thought they were there to take her to the front to
be stoned.
    “Hi.” Connor stood next to her, but didn’t
touch. “I was wondering if you could help me with something. I want to see what
you can tell me about Sterling. Do you know if he has any bolt holes, maybe a
stash hidden somewhere? Anything you know could help us.”
    “I have not been there in many years. He
might have something now that I would not be aware of.” She moved forward and
sniffed him. “I know that scent. You have been to see him.”
    She started to run, but he grabbed her
arm. “No. I’ve been to the compound, but I didn’t go near him. And for the
record, I think the guy needs to be hung by his nuts and left there to die.” She
didn’t move and he let go of her arm. “I have your uncle, Harvey. Do you
remember him?”
    She nodded. “I thought…I had heard he
was dead. That after his family died he killed himself as well.”
    “No, but he’s close. Did you know that
Sterling killed his family? Murdered his mate while she was still carrying?” Stacy
looked away. “Stacy, we need your help and no one here is going to harm you.”
    She decided to ignore the first part and
to only answer what she had to of the second. “So the rumors were true. I had
heard that my father had—”
    “Don’t call him that. He’s not your
father. Your sire maybe, but never your father.” He gentled his voice then. “You
were saying that Sterling had done something, what was it?”
    She nodded, too overwhelmed with
gratitude to say more. After a few minutes, she was able to continue. “I had
heard that he had wanted my uncle’s