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

“Do you still want to be part of who we are?”


Was it now? Would they tell him nowthat it was all a joke? And why was there a sinking feeling in his guts that told him that part of the play was never going to happen? Because it couldn’t happen. Because what they were saying was real…


“May I see his data?” Matthew asked.


“Absolutely,” Dyball said. “There are precautions to drawing blood, however—”


“And you will respect Doctor Strauss as a member of this facility and remember that he is not a lab rat,” Volos added.


Matthew lifted his chin and firmed his jaw. “You make it sound like I wouldn’t give the same consideration and respect to a lab rat that I would to a faculty member. If that’s what you’re implying, then you are wrong.”


Chapter 9