Chapter 191

Dante looked at his watch. Midnight. Everyone had agreed that doing this as late as possible minimized the probability of danger from humans, but there were always the unknowns that could jump up and bite you in the ass.

Standing on the back porch of the ranch house, he studied the wolves gathered there. A new pack had coalesced from Night Seekers team members and those they had brought into the fold. They were up to a total of ten, counting Ben Crater and Regan. It was a good thing Craig had insisted from the beginning on supplying them with the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, a welcome addition to their growing fleet of aircraft. Stripped down, it could carry all of them in wolf form, plus humans to help manage the situation if they managed to find the devil beast.