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“I will.”

“You better.”

He smiled.

Then she climbed under the covers and closed her eyes, but she kept envisioning Fisher injured on the cliff ledge, bleeding. She opened her eyes and watched him at the window while he was peeking out surreptitiously. Even with the lights turned off, if he moved, the wolves could see him if they showed up and were looking for signs of trouble. She liked how dedicated he was to help her in any way that he could to succeed at this mission.

Then she finally drifted off with thoughts of taking down the kidnappers and dating a hot and sexy gray wolf.

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Fisher glanced at Kira sleeping soundly in the bed and then looked back out the window. He wondered if the men had left the area. He called the motel owner, and a man answered this time. “Hi, this is Fisher Greystoke working on this case with the other wolves and jaguars to take down the kidnappers who checked into one of your rooms. Several of us have been watching the room to see if they would return, but no one has. Are there any bars here open this late?”

“My wife informed me of everything that’s going on. I can’t believe I was out fishing and missed all the excitement. As to your question, no, sir. We had maid service clean the room earlier. Once we learned there was some problem with the men, I checked with her to see if she had seen anything unusual in the room. She said that they had slept in the beds, used the shower, but didn’t leave any bags in the room,” Calvin Dixon said.

“Hell, so they might not be returning,” Fisher said.

“Or they’re just afraid to have someone possibly go through their bags while they’re out and about. They didn’t cancel the rest of their stay.”

“Okay, I’ll let the others know in case the wolves have left here for good.” Fisher glanced at Kira, but she was still sound asleep. He called Everett next and relayed the information.

“Aw, hell, so they may have left.”

“Right. I’ll call Tanner and let him know.”

“We’ll stay here though, just in case they turn up. We don’t have any other leads to check on and if they haven’t cancelled their reservation, they may still be in the area,” Everett said.

“Alright.” Then Fisher called Tanner.

“I wish we’d known that earlier,” Tanner said.

“It wouldn’t have made any difference. They might just be paranoid about leaving their bags in the room, knowing they’re guilty of crimes and don’t want to leave anything behind while a maid cleaned the room. Then if they actually return, we would have been gone.”

“True.”

Then someone pulled into the motel parking lot by a tree.

“Someone just pulled up, but it’s not a black Chevrolet Suburban,” Tanner said.

“Yeah, it’s a black pickup,” Fisher said.

“I’ll ask Everett if he can check on the license plate to see who the truck belongs to,” Fisher said.

“Okay. There are three men exiting the truck. Are they anyone you recognize?” Tanner asked.

“I can’t tell. But if they go in the room that we’re watching, or even if we go to the vehicle and those are the men, I’ll recognize their scents,” Fisher said.

“Yeah, me too,” Tanner said. “Okay, they’re going into the room that was assigned to the kidnappers. I’m rousing everyone.”

“Doing the same here.” Fisher called Everett, then got off the phone and said to Kira, “Three men are going into the room.”

She opened her eyes and said, “What?”

“Three men went into the room we’re watching.”

“Oh, God, okay.” She jumped out of the bed, removing her pajamas, and then pulled on her clothes. Once she had her boots on, she and Fisher headed out of the room.

“I want to check out the scents around that black pickup,” he said.

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