Page 67 of A Surprise Baby for the Wolf Shifter

“You never know… it could be fun.” He winked at me.

“Jacob, Savannah,” Liam, our boss, said. “My office, now.”

“What did you do?” Jacob asked.

“What are you looking at me for? You’re the troublemaker in this partnership,” I said, jabbing a finger into his arm.

“You say that like it’s a bad thing,” he said. “Besides, I like to refer to myself as the fun one.”

I giggled and made a beeline toward the boss’s office. Once I stepped through the door, the energy shifted, and it sobered me. Something was amiss. There was a cold snap in the air.

Bad news was coming.

I sucked in my breath and waited for my boss to deliver the news.

“I hope you didn’t have any plans this weekend,” Liam said.

“Well, I didn’t, but she did,” Jacob said.

Liam settled his attention on me. He nodded and sighed. “Break them. You have another case. High priority.”

“What’s the problem?” I asked, getting serious. This was the first weekend off I had scheduled in six months. This was the one weekend I didn’t want to give up on. Especially for work.

“Missing persons,” he said.

I quirked an eyebrow. “That department can’t take care of the case on their own?”

He shook his head. “You were asked for by name.”

I nodded, though a pinch formed between my shoulder blades. I didn’t know many people who would come to my job and ask for me by name. Especially for a type of case I normally didn’t work. “Who is it?”

Liam nodded toward the window of his office. “Go see for yourself. He’s sitting in the witness room.”

I nodded and turned on my heels to head in that direction. Jacob once again opened the doors for me. I patted him on his arm, but my mind was preoccupied with trying to figure out who would need me by name for a missing persons case. That department was great at what they did. Amazingly so.

So, why me?

I stopped in front of the door and took a moment to collect myself. I let out a deep breath and nodded to Jacob, who had his hand resting on the doorknob. He opened the door. As it swung inward, I settled my gaze on a familiar form.

My breaths stilled. My heart lurched forward.

Noah, my best friend’s brother, stood with his back facing me. And that could mean only one thing.

“Avery,” I said barely above a whisper. She was missing.

That was why I was asked by name.

Noah turned around and faced me, bringing all kinds of mixed feelings to the surface. To me, he was the one that got away. To him, it was too dangerous being with me.

He looked good. Damn good.

“Hello, Noah,” I said.

“Savannah,” he said. His voice came out scratchy.

I gestured to the table and said, “Take a seat.”

Jacob sat next to me. He was stiff and full of tension. I shrugged out my shoulders as Noah sat directly across from me.

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