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the wolves in front of them.
The pair they d fought off looked close to turning tail and running. After all, they
were only motivated by their jobs while Al and Barbara were fighting for their lives.
The other two wolves started to back up but the sound of an engine froze them in
their tracks. A long black limousine drove up along the wharf and came to a stop.
The pair of wolves facing them looked at each other and stalked forward
menacingly. Apparently the arrival of the limo had given them heart, or&
Or whoever was inside was scarier than she and Al were. Barbara hated to think
that was the more likely scenario. She edged closer to Al, enjoying his warm, strong
presence and steeling herself for the next attack.
The back door to the limo opened and another wolf jumped out, face grizzled with
age. Roland Herz in wolf form. He stared at them, eyes glittering with rage. But the
other wolves didn t seem to fear him as one of them glanced back nervously at the still-
open door.
A man even shorter than Herz was in human form slid out of the back of the limo
and stood for a moment. He was dressed all in black, a long coat almost like a cape
draping from his shoulders. After a moment he strode toward them.
The wolves harassing Al and Barbara ceased their snarling and even seemed to
tremble as he swept his dark gaze over them.
Even Herz flinched when he raised one eyebrow and frowned.  What is the
meaning of this? he asked in a quiet voice loaded with heat and menace. He raised one
hand to point at Al.  I recognize this one as Al Lupas. I thought you d told me he was
dead.
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Al raised his head. So this was their true enemy, the brains behind the scheme
they d blamed on Herz. Al took a deep sniff, recognizing the strong odor of magic that
surrounded the man. A spellcaster, a powerful one too. Someone his mother might
recognize although Al in spite of all of his contacts in that world didn t. Maybe
someone from out of town.
He should have known there was someone else involved.
Roland Herz had been difficult for Al and his family for years but he was more
arrogant bully than someone likely to arrange the kind of attacks happening today.
Killing a shapeshifter with a non-shifter family was one thing, but to arrange the
kidnapping of shapeshifter aristocrats like Babe and her sister was going too far.
It should have been obvious from the start that there had been someone with more
ambition than Herz behind the Disposahaul scam of dumping toxic waste into the
ocean. The man would normally be too busy running the lives of the shifter patrol to
come up with a scheme like that.
Now that he saw the spellcaster, he understood just what they d been up against all
along. The only question was, why would a powerful spellcaster be involved with a
garbage company? It couldn t just be money& that was rarely the only motivation for
evil acts. And this spellcaster wanted them dead.
One of the men carrying a gun ran up.  Mr. Salamon. I m sorry, sir, she got away
from us.
The spellcaster waved his hand.  It doesn t look like she got very far. But I m more
curious about the male. I thought you reported he d been shot with silver.
 That s what Tom and Dick said. The gunman pointed to the wolves facing them.
 They were the ones who brought the girl in. They shot him twice in the chest with
silver bullets& he was dying when they left.
 But he didn t die. I ve never known a shifter who was resistant to silver. A rare
specimen. He shook his head.  Probably a result of his mother s blood. A shame we
can t study him further but he and the others know too much.
Al crouched to spring at the man. No one was going to take him or Babe prisoner
again, not even if he had to die trying to get them free. But Salamon raised one hand
and spoke a few short words. Al froze in place, paralyzed, his muscles no longer under
his control. Babe lurched after him only to be similarly fixed in place. Salamon held up
both his hands and neither of them could move a muscle.
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