Chapter 58: Bear Necessities

“You realize it’ll be hard to know if someone is in Bull Creek because of that little girl, don’t you?” Josh asked Dimitri as he picked up a fry off his plate and shoved it into his mouth. “Since you’ve taken over for Neal as alpha, word seems to have gotten around that Bull Creek is a safe spot again. We have people coming to us all the time now.”

The four of them—Dimitri, Josh, Alanna, and Lainie—-stuffed themselves into a cheap-upholstered booth near the window of Gracie’s Diner looking out at a weed-choked parking lot. Colton and his friend bringing the possibility of more trouble to Bull Creek didn’t thrill Dimitri. Between Bane and his prejudice against humans and Miles Hemingway trying to force Lainie to marry him, they had enough trouble to last awhile. Dimitri was more than ready for a little quietness.

“Stop talking with food in your mouth,” Alanna snapped at Josh, thumping him in the shoulder. “Gross.”