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“Where’s who?” The scrawny pup squeaked, her scent becoming completely overpowered by fear.

“My pups.” Ethan growled. “Riley, Parker, Paisley and Ryder.”

The child’s eyes widened, and Ethan called over his shoulder, hoping the others could still hear him. Got one!”

Running footsteps soon sounded at his back, and Jane pulled up short beside him. “Ethan, you’re scaring her.”

“Smell her:” He instructed, “She’s been with the pups- recently.”

Jane leaned forward and sniffed the child, barely able to decipher the children’s scent amidst all the dirt and grime.

Her heart thumped loudly in her chest, but still she encouraged her mate to return the frightened urchin’s feet to solid ground. “It’s okay, little one.” She promised, “What’s your name?”

and Ethan, as baffled by their outfits as Thomas and Mary had been. She pursed her lips tightly together, cowering when Linda, Mary and Thomas appeared beside them as well. She was completely outnumbered, and her knees were beginning to knock together.

This, more than anything else, softened Ethan’s heart.

No matter his wolf’s rage at losing the children, he truly didn’t enjoy scaring pups. “I’m sorry I was a bit rough.” He apologized, softening his tone to a soft lull. “We won’t hurt you.”

“We just want to find our pups.” Jane added anxiously. “

You’ve seen them, haven’t you? Our quadruplets?”

The girl was clearly more comfortable with Jane than the huge Alpha holding her hostage, and as skittish as she was, she also had a bright-eyed curiosity about her which made her circumstances even more troubling. “What are quadruplets?”

“It’s like when you have twins, but four pups instead of two.” Jane answered, smiling warmly. “Ours are four years old, and they got kidnapped last week. We’ve been looking everywhere for them, and we know they’re here somewhere.

Can you help us?”

crinkled her nose as she thought about their request. “What will you

Jane shot him an annoyed look before grinning

her, “more like an impertinent one. ought to take you home and throw you right in the

clearly intended as a threat, the girl looked up

informed her imperiously. “You clearly

chin defiantly. “Fabian looks

others looked

girl insisted, clearly less certain of herself

you to pay for your safety is no friend” She declared, guessing Fabian’s arrangement with no trouble at all. She’d seen

girl. “Let her go.” She told Ethan. “She won’t run – not if

the

all flowers and sunshine” Mary informed her shrewdly. “There will be rules, and chores, I

It was probably how she’d wrangled their own babies out of the jungle. They knew not to trust anyone who seemed too nice, and Mary had the kind of maternal authority which made it clear she would

you like.” Mary

only if I help you find the pups…

us is the right thing to do – those pups have parents who love them and want nothing more than to take them

so tempted, clearly longing and yearning for a home with all her heart, that Jane wanted to cry. However a minute later dark clouds came over her young face. “l

and I don’t live in this town. If you come home with us, you’ll never have to come to this place again. We have a llama farm in the

The girl objected. “I have a brother. He’s real

too.” Thomas

true. Her instincts were telling her to believe them, but her head was too full of the past to allow herself.

out of control as she contemplated the life this innocent pup must have led. “”I ve

They got a little scared when we brought them to the city, like you are. But they

had to appreciate the elder woman’s cunning. Even if the girl got cold feet before agreeing to come home with them or talking to the pups, she might still lead them in the right direction. They didn’t

able to find them a place to meet you.”

anything less.” Mary

even Jane to squeeze into. They waited with baited breath while the excited girl wound her way through the maze of defunct sewers, disappearing deeper into the bowels of the city and praying that Fabian was no longer guarding the pups. Luckily, she

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