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

So when Abe burst into the kitchen, skidded to a stop, and said, “Y’all better come see this,” Matthew just about startled himself out of his chair. “Now.”


Vaughn’s question was immediately cut short. “No. I can’t even come up with words for it. You have to come see.”


They filed into the already full living room, following Abe’s hurried footsteps, and saw everyone staring at the television.


“Give it a minute,” one of the wives whose name Matthew had yet to remember said. She was pointing the converter at the TV set as if it were a sword she was wielding against it. “They switched over to a commercial after they made the announcement.”


They watched an animated roll of toilet paper extol its own virtue and a woman pantomime orgasmic lust over a dribbling can of soda. When Matthew got tired of advertisements, he turned his attention back to the people in the room. They looked stunned.


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