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“I don't like doing that. I'm ready to get a different job.”

“What can you do?”

“I worked at the last security company before it went under. It's hard to get a job when you can't get a reference because the company is no longer a going concern.” He observed.

“Get out of here. Why didn't you just try to get a job at this company?”

“They were bringing their own people in. I didn't think I had any chance.”

“What about the rest of you?” Harry asked.

“I worked with him at the security company. I don't know about Dan here.”

“I'm a hunter. It doesn't pay as well as it used to so it's hard to make a living. They told us it would be easy work, and we wouldn't have to do much, and we would make a whole bunch of money. We just started here today. We could already see it wasn't going to work out," Dan admitted.

“You guys got snookered. They are listed as a terrorist organization, and you could have ended up in jail for life or just killed outright. A lot of local citizens have started carrying guns," Harry informed.

“Harry, are you recruiting these guys?” Grant asked.

“Why not? These guys don't belong with that herd, and it's the best way to reduce their numbers. I'll just cast a little spell on them. If they don't behave, they'll become toads. How can you have a problem with that?”

“Well, when you put it that way, it sounds all right. I'll work with Dan and the team here will work with the other two. Maybe we'll get caught up and make up for time lost. Tera, you get that one.” He pointed.

“I’m Mike. This guy is Tom.”

“Tom needs to go back to the office, and Jenna can work with him," Grant directed.

“You're really trying to piss her off, aren't you?” Harry asked.

“This is your plan, so she'll be mad at you.”

“Thanks a lot.”

"Tyne, we'll be happy if this gets us caught up or even closer to it," Grant suggested.

“You may be right. Maybe we'll get a bonus or something. You guys are working free for today. If you do a good job, you'll start getting paid. Dan may not be because he's training. I'm not sure how Tyne will work that out.”

“Let's get these guys where they need to be, and Dan and I will start on this job.”

Everyone got where they needed to be, and Grant hoped and prayed that this would work out. It was crazy, but most of Harry's plans were. That didn't mean that her plans didn't work sometimes. He was willing to give it a shot and see how things turned out. At least these three were the least violent of the group, and they were spelled, so if they tried to go off their agreement, it wasn't going to be pretty for them. Jenna wasn't going to be happy, and he was sure that Harry was going to tell her that Grant had suggested she get one of the guys.

Even though the main plan was Harry's, sending one of the guys to Jenna so she would have to get out on the road and work in the field was his. Yeah, he was pushing her away with both hands. If he ever decided he wanted to do things differently, he wasn't sure there was any way to come back from this. The best thing he could do right now was to get to work and see how this new guy worked out. It would be best just to look at him as a trainee like any other trainee.

They got to work, and Dan was actually a pretty good worker. How he had ended up with those delinquents was hard to say. Even though he was training, he had given enough assistance so that they could get done early and move on to the next job. It looked like he was going to get caught up from all the time that he had lost. The job was done, and they had moved on to the next one. He was hungry, so they stopped to eat before they headedto the next job, and he paid for Dan even though he suspected he had some of the dirty money he'd been paid by the haters.

Their food was good, and when they finished eating, they moved on to their next job and worked quietly and quickly. One more job, and by the end of the day, he got done at about the time he would have gotten done had he not been interrupted or had any help. This guy might not have been a bad help because he seemed to learn quickly and move fast. Why would someone willing to work be involved with these people floored him?

He also wondered where they were going to put these three extra guys since they only had one empty room. Someone would be camping out on the couch, and it wasn't going to be him. Food would also be a problem, but he was sure they all had a little money, and they would be buying their own. For some reason, he thought about Jenna and wondered how things were working out for her with the new guy.

The guys had worked out things the best they could, taking turns sleeping on the couch, and a week had passed, and he had to admit all three of them had turned out to be a great help. What had surprised him was that the haters hadn't come to take those guys away since they had gone rogue. Work was starting to catch up, and Tyne approved the plan. Harry had gotten most of the credit, but those at the office had gotten a small bonus as well. That was only fair since the idea had been Harry's. It was odd that since the new guys had come there had been no more attacks or any issues at all.

Harry suggested losing some of their guys and having some turned into toads, which had been a hard hit, maybe one they wouldn't get over. Grant could only hope she was right. The other office wasn't experiencing the same lull that they were. That also seemed odd to him. Their new guys were behaving great because they were spelled. No one wanted to be a toadbecause that was just gross. Maybe a spell like that on all the haters would prevent everything that had been happening.

The problem was these people needed to be identified before they could be spelled. Once that happened, life could become normal. How did you identify a bunch of haters that were hiding wherever they could? It wasn't like they looked different than the average human. It was their behavior that made them different and the way they believed. There was no way, so they just kept working and catching up on their back orders, hoping to be left alone. Grant knew it was only a matter of time before something happened.

Grant wished that he didn't share a bedroom suite with Jenna because it just made things harder on him. Even when he tried to avoid her, he often saw her at different times throughout the day, especially in the evening as he prepared to go to sleep. He often bought food from her, and there was no way to avoid sitting at the table and eating it afterward. It would appear odd to others if he was the only one that left the table. There was no other place nearby to buy food, and he had to admit that she was an excellent cook. Her prices were also fair and a little bit lower than what he would pay anywhere else. Everyone in their group bought supper from Jenna. Some of them also bought breakfast, but lunch was usually bought on the road.

He couldn't deny that he wondered what she needed money for so badly. Maybe she was saving to buy a home, but single females usually didn't seem to worry about that. There might be some other need she had that he knew nothing about. That's when he remembered that she had secrets, and so did he. His grandma was still alive since she was a wolf, and she lived in the house that he had been raised in. It needed a lot of work, and that was what he wanted some of his extra money for. The rest he wanted to buy a home of his own, hopefully close to hers. As a mated male, someday, he couldn't imagine living in the samehouse with her because she was too nosy and interfered too much.

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