Chapter 21

“What?”

“I was going to suggest where I usually run, but the last time I did that there were some hunters looking for me.”

“For you, specifically?” Kyle asked.

“From what I overheard. One of them said his boss had told him there was a pure black wolf in the area. The guy who was talking wanted my head so he could hang it the wall of his study.”

Kyle winced. “Are you certain they were hunters? I mean real ones?”

Brax waggled one hand. “They sure acted like they were. Are you suggesting someone who knows what I am sent them after me?”

“That was my first thought, especially if Russo’s aware you’re in town. He’s the kind of man his people might call ‘the boss’.”

“Remember, I didn’t know hewas here, until this whole blackmail thing came up, so why would he know I was?”

“You’re hardly invisible, Brax. Your business is called Markham and O’Hara Private Investigations.”

“He didn’t know me as Braxton O’Hara when we had our…disagreement. I told you that.”