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

With the wave of newly liberated vampires reaching into every nook and cranny of the business world, hours which normally went unattended, unmanaged, and “unavailable for assistance” are now bustling with people who not only want to work at night, but who have to.


Sandra Xu, Chief Operating Officer of “Better Living-Better You” is absolutely thrilled with this.


“The beautiful thing about this addition to our staff is that [vampires] have shown themselves to be driven, focused, and company-minded. They’ve spent a lot of time down in the gutters and they want to be out here, succeeding, gaining, and making life better for themselves and the people who they call family.”


“We can now serve overseas customers at any time of the day. We can take advantage of Internet traffic and phone orders, no matter what time it is,” Xu explains. “If our consumer has a question or a problem at three A.M., then I’ve got a representative to help them.”


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