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

Vaughn shouted, “Hey!” and Matthew glared at Vaughn, who looked both shocked and horrified.


For a second, Vaughn seemed to consider letting go of Gavin along with the exclamation, but then Randy straightened, glowered, and said, “I’m fine.” Randy shook his head as if to reorient himself, let go of a breath, and reached into the back pocket of his jeans. When he pulled his hand around, he was holding the handle of a knife. He pressed a button and the blade popped out. “Don’t make me do this, Matthew. I have no interest in hurting you.”


Matthew’s eyes felt as big as dinner plates. Who werethese guys? What the Hades had happened to the “guys that nobody had ever had any problems with”…to the people that had files that read, “community-minded, non-aggressive, functioning as expected?” His eyes tracked to Lyle. Was whatever Lyle had dealt with flipping contagious? What had gone on in DC?


Chapter 24