It's been months since anyone at the Committee has had any contact from the O'Connell family or their pack members, and they are not happy. Suspicious of the activities that took place in D.C. and determined to find out what the wolves are up to, the Committee recruits one of their newest residents, Dr. Matthew Dietrich, to play the part of neighbor and infiltrate the family.<br><br>Matthew has always been a keep-to-himself kind of person. Though idealistic and optimistic, he prefers to work in solitude, at night, while he researches the findings that he hopes will one day change the world. When he's approached by the executives of the Center, he has no idea why they'd choose him. And to say he is skeptical over the concept of men that can shift into wolves would be an understatement.<br>

Wolf, in League

“Are you sick in the head as well?” Gavin wiggled his eyebrows, amusement in his voice, and it should have been a ridiculous expression. It wasn’t. It made Matthew’s blood start flowing in ways that a conversation in an office never should. “It would make for some interesting nights in our future, wouldn’t it?”


“Ha.” Matthew tried for a laugh but it wouldn’t come. The word was as close as he could get. “What have they given you?”


Gavin’s smile intensified. “They haven’t told you?”


Matthew shook his head, his hand growing clammy in Gavin’s cool, dry grip.


Gavin used their handclasp to draw Matthew closer. When he spoke again, his lips were directly against Matthew’s ear and since no one else reacted with concern to their closeness, Matthew decided the proximity was most likely safe. Until he heard what Gavin had to say; then nothing seemed safe anymore.


“Vampirism,” Gavin murmured. “They’ve given me vampirism, Doctor.”


Chapter 8