Page 35 of Wolf Bound

“Actually, they’re glad. They thought the job I was doing as a homicide detective was more dangerous. I hadn’t planned to tell them about the kidnapper shooting at us.”

“Or cutting your rope. Any place or any job can be dangerous, no matter what you’re doing.”

“Exactly.”

They had driven for a couple of hours when she said, “Okay, we’re east of Yuma Town. We can check out that motel there—the Cougar Country Motel—to see if they might have a video of the black Chevrolet Suburban driving past there.” She pulled into the parking lot.

“That sounds like a good idea.” Then he got out of the car with her, and they went inside the spacious western-themed lobby.

“Hi, I’m with a special police unit”—Kira flashed her badge to the lady at the counter—“and needed to see if you might have any video of a black SUV with this license plate driving past here.”

But everyone’s jaw dropped about the same time. The woman smelled like a cougar and of course she must have smelled that they were wolves.

“Wow, this is a surprise. Three guys checked in here yesterday who are wolves too. I’m Myrtle Dixon and my husband Calvin are the owners.”

“Unreal, but this is great news. I’m Kira Westwood and this is Fisher Greystoke. Your husband is a cougar also, I take it.”

“Yes! How may I help you?”

“You said you had three wolves staying here. They wouldn’t per chance be driving a black Chevrolet Suburban with this plate number would they have? Or maybe your security camera picked up a view of them driving past your motel.”

“Oh, no! Yes, the one man was driving that vehicle. Have you contacted our sheriff’s department? They’re all cougar shifters also.”

“We didn’t realize that,” Kira said.

Fisher figured that changed the rules of the game if they had more shifters they could count on.

“Yes, all of Yuma Town is cougar run.”

“Oh, that’s perfect. We’ve been in contact with Deputy Sheriff Stryker Hill. We had learned he had pulled the driver over and gave him a citation for having the wrong license plate on his vehicle. He and his companions are dangerous. The three wolves have kidnapped kids and one of them shot my friend here, Fisher Greystoke.” Kira showed Myrtle Reggie Olson’s driver’s license photo.

“That’s definitely the man who rented a room for the week. We need to get a hold of Dan Steinacker, the sheriff, and let him know about it.”

“I’ll call him,” Kira said.

Myrtle gave Kira the phone number and Kira called Dan right away.

“Hello, Sheriff Steinacker? I’m Kira Westwood. I’m with the United Shifter Force and we take down rogue shifters, if you hadn’t heard of our organization before. Jaguar shifters set up the organization, and they have a confinement facility for rogue shifters who engage in criminal acts. I talked to your deputy Stryker Hill about a man he’d pulled over and he’s the one we’re after.” She told him about his companions and everything that they had done so far. “We’re at the Cougar Country Motel where the men have reserved a room for a week. We have more shifters coming here to help us capture these men.”

“Can you meet me at the sheriff’s department?” Dan asked.

“Somewhere else that doesn’t seem like I’m conducting police business could be better,” she said.

“Meet me at Fitz’s Bakery and Coffee Shop,” Dan said. “I’ll bring some of my men.”

“Okay, we’ll be there as soon as we book a room and have more of our people here to watch the motel. See you in a few minutes.” Then Kira got on her phone and called Everett. “Okay, we have an interesting situation. Yuma Town is cougar run. I’m meeting with the sheriff. Can you and Demetria come to the Cougar Country Motel and get a room, and watch for the return of the wolves? They’ve booked a room for a week.”

“That’s great news. Yeah, we’re on the next street over from around the corner of the motel. We’ll be there in a few minutes.”

“Okay, they’re staying in room seven.” They ended the call and she said to Myrtle, “We want a room and we’ll be watching for Reggie and his buddies.”

“Everyone will be there to help you catch these people. We’ll do everything we can also. Would room ten work for you?” Myrtle asked.

“Yes.” Kira paid for it.

“What do you want me to do?” Fisher asked Kira as they went outside and got into her car to move it.

“You’re coming with me.”

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