Chapter SIX

“You ready for tonight, boss?” Bradley asked and a buzz of excitement seemed to radiate from the young Mongoose.

“Uh, yeah, I think so,” Carter said, grinning back at him.

He was going to miss the lodge, working on this retreat had been more complex and challenging than he’d thought when he was first assigned to the project. The Neta had not been kidding when he said the Island Pride Mountain Resort was an important part of their community.

The lodge had provided a safe haven for the Tiger Shifters and other predatory groups in the tri-state area for as long as Carter could remember. He agreed with his Neta. It was long passed time they’d opened their doors to welcome others in the area. Predators and prey might be enemies in the human world, but it did not have to be that way in their world.