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

“Look,” Matthew said, tone light, gaze firm, as though he were talking to a child, “we are both grown men here and while I admit that I have had moments of carelessness myself—”


Matthew’s lips tightened. Pricks of anger began to draw blood into a flush on his cheeks and chest. He could feel the anger rising, and he hated it. One did nothing good when one was angry or frustrated. It was another reason he didn’t let himself get to the point that he swore. Swearing was just a sign that frustration—that anger—had been allowed to take forefront over sense. It was impossible to think reasonably or responsibly when one’s endorphins reached excessive excitatory mode.


Chapter 14