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living with his sister, Felicity, and her mate, Esther.
    Jake didn’t know Ford particularly well, having only met him a couple of times when he was on leave. He understood Ford had been a bit wild in his younger days, which is why he chose to join the army. Some of the more aggressive wolf shifters did that to try and learn self-discipline. For some, like Ford, it worked, for others, like Hans Lucas, it didn’t. Although, Hans was a lot calmer than he used to be; meeting his mate had done wonders for him.
    He was considering hiring another deputy, but he wasn’t exactly sure who fit the bill or whether he could afford it. Ugh, that was the part of being the sheriff that was least appealing – dealing with budget matters.
    “Where are we going anyway?” asked Cain.
    Jake’s face tightened. “The construction sight. They reported some vandalism.”
    “Again?”
    “Yeah, again.”
    It was the third time they had been called out there since Jake took over as sheriff. A few things had gone missing, and there was graffiti, and someone had even tried to set a fire. The guy in charge over there, an oily character called Glenn, was convinced that the pack was responsible for the problems.
    Jake was under the impression that the company’s own construction crew, or even Glenn himself, were most likely responsible. A number of them had already been thrown out of the pack bar for harassing women and getting into fights. They were heavy drinkers, and it wouldn’t surprise him if they did all the damage in their drunken haze. But, Glenn wouldn’t hear of it.
    No, in Glenn’s opinion, it had to be the pack. It was a well-known fact that Adam had been opposed to the hotel being built. For one thing, the hotel was being built right next to pack land, and Adam didn’t want strangers wandering into their territory. It could potentially be dangerous for the strangers to come face to face with shifted wolves. For another, the pack wasn’t happy about the increase in visitors the town would receive. The Mayor could spout platitudes about the boost to the economy all he wanted, but ultimately, the pack liked their town for the quiet, safe place that it was.
    Already, as well as the run-ins at the bar, the pack Enforcers had reported numerous confrontations with constructions workers who had wandered into pack territory and didn’t like being told to get out. Nothing had escalated to violence yet, but it was only a matter of time. His wolf didn’t like it; he could sense that something else was going on here, something bigger than a few petty crimes that everyone else was happy to blame on unruly teenagers. He’d relied on the gut feelings of his wolf back when he was a SEA agent, and he wasn’t about to stop now. If the wolf was worried, then so was he.
    Jake parked outside the office trailer. He ignored the construction workers as they stopped to glare at him, and knocked on the door. Not waiting for an answer, he strode inside, leaving Cain outside. He tried not to chuckle as he scented touches of fear from the workers. Cain’s influence, no doubt. The workers were dumb enough to think that they could take Jake in a fight – they really couldn’t – but they weren’t suicidal enough to think they could take the burly bear shifter.
    Jake nodded at Shannon, Glenn’s secretary or something. He had yet to see her do anything other than get Glenn some coffee and thoroughly embarrass Gabe by flirting outrageously with him the last time they swung by. Another good reason to bring Cain – most women were too terrified to try flirting.
    Shannon tried to smile when she saw him, but she couldn’t hide the panic on her face. “How nice to see you,” she began.
    Jake ignored her. “Where’s Glenn?”
    Her eyes darted around the room for inspiration. “Ummm, Glenn left town.”
    “When will he be back?”
    “He’s not coming back,” she admitted and bit her lip.
    Jake narrowed his eyes. She was nervous about something.