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Moore."
    "It's a pleasure," Ian replied, his piercing eyes
fixing on Jensen. "I've heard so much about you. I see Erdi wasn't
exaggerating."
    That was about the only warning Jensen got before Ian grabbed
his wrist and dragged him along. "Come on. I have a table here."
    Despite his slender, almost fragile build, he was obviously
very strong, because he had no trouble forcing Jensen to follow. Jensen went
along with it, largely because he heard Erdi growl slightly under his breath,
and he could tell the man didn't appreciate Ian manhandling Jensen. The last
thing he wanted was to make a scene.
    Mercifully, Ian must have realized there were lines he
shouldn't cross because when they reached the table, he released Jensen. He
plopped down on his seat and took his cup—something that looked an awful lot
like cream was inside—gesturing for Jensen and Erdi to join him as he sipped
daintily.
    Erdi and Jensen took the other chairs, and Erdi didn't delay
to ask his question. "Can you help us in the matter we discussed?"
    "Of course," Ian replied, licking his lips of the
creamy drink. "The house is ready, and I notified my father that a
werewolf would be temporarily be staying on our grounds." He grimaced
lightly, the first sign of him being less than joyful. "I had to tell him
about the vet episode. He wasn't happy, but he is thankful, so he agreed to
help."
    "Thank you," Jensen replied, more out of the need
to fill the silence than anything else. "We really appreciate it."
    "No need to thank me. Erdi is my friend. Now... Let me
just finish this, and we can go. Unless... Do you want something for the road?
Have you had breakfast?"
    "No, but we'd prefer to not have it here," Erdi
answered, his voice calm, but somehow managing to convey his urgency.
    Ian got the message. He quickly finished his drink and left a
few bills on the table. In minutes, they were out of the cafe and getting in
their respective cars. Ian gestured for them to follow him, and Erdi did so
without too much trouble.
    "Why do we need him to go with us?" Jensen inquired
as they drove.
    "Prides of feline shifters and werewolf packs don't
really get along. It's not that we're enemies, per se, but we're very
territorial, and a werewolf has no place on pride land. I helped Ian a while
back, and I'm not exactly a regular werewolf, so that gives me some leeway.
Even so, pride members are still liable to be wary unless Ian is with us."
    At that, Jensen could no longer contain his curiosity.
"Are you ever going to tell me what's different about you—in comparison to
others of your kind, that is?"
    Erdi went rigid. His fingers clenched around the wheel,
squeezing the leather so hard Jensen was surprised he didn't tear into the damn
thing. He half-expected the man to ignore the question, but he didn't. "I
suppose I should tell you already. You guessed it right the first time around. As
a rule, werewolves organize into packs—like the Simmons pack Dean used to lead,
or even Saul's smaller one. But people like me, we don't have packs. We don't
have families. We just have guilds. We're silencers, assassins meant to quiet
the secret, to keep anyone from finding out about the shifter world."
    Jensen's mouth went dry and his hands started to sweat. He
couldn't say he was awfully surprised given the way he'd met Erdi, but it was
still different to hear it from Erdi's mouth. He wanted to ask why Erdi had
been at the bed and breakfast that day, but his companion anticipated the
question. "Werewolves have a sort of ruling body, which is called the
Gathering of Alphas. When I came to the Amaretto that day, I had a mission. I
was supposed to kill the people who attacked you—along with Finn and
Parker."
    "Wait, what?" Jensen gaped. "Kill them? You
can't be serious."
    "Oh, I'm very serious." Erdi smiled bitterly.
"The Simmons family had too many human mates, and it was frowned upon.
Human mates are allowed to know the truth, but their friends or relatives
aren't, which is why the number