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

And that was a thought that Matthew couldn’t even bear thinking. Arius, Matthew was more than sure, would have no qualms about stealing the O’Connell children. At best, Arius’s plans would be simply stealing. At his worst, Arius would kill them both. Maybe send over bits and pieces of them one at a time until he had Vaughn and Randy doing whatever the hell he wanted them to do. Whatever that might be.


No, if they were going to get out of this, they were going to have to do something before Vaughn, Randy, Henry or the kids got worried. Only Rafe might be able to help, because then if someone did come over, they’d come forewarned. And then what? Well…only God could know. Maybe the idea of saving the vampires could go right to Hades. They weren’t exactly proving themselves to be worthy, were they?


Gavin huffed a low, quiet sigh. He shook his head.


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