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

“Yes, Gavin, what the bleep is going on?” Vaughn parroted, lifting an eyebrow at Matthew. A ‘did you really just say ‘bleep’?’ if Matthew ever saw one. “Why areyou here?”


“To find allies, sir.” Gavin stuck out his right hand. Vaughn didn’t accept it. “In a war you didn’t even know existed.”


Gavin smiled. He drew his hand back and brushed at the dark mess of blood drying on his abdomen. “This is so far beyond Arius that even he will be shocked by its depth.” He spoke to the group but he stared directly at Matthew. “Gentlemen, if you’ll allow me to dress, then I promise to give you the whole story. I ask only that you shut the door.” He turned, pointed at empty air as though recalling something, and spun back. “And you may want to post a guard at any exit points and secure any means of communication. Just for the time being, of course. I have no idea how the good Doctor Dietrich is going to react to what I’m about to tell you.”


Chapter 25