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Sergio. He doubted she could stop a fully shifted werewolf.
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Sacha wrenched herself from Luc s grip with a sour look and matched her gait to
Javier s. Her earnest brown eyes met his and she grasped his hand.  Sergio will be
fine.
 I m not worried about Sergio. Javier tried to keep his voice steely, although the
pressure of her skin on his made his blood rush.  What I want to know is how in the
name of God he is still alive.
* * * * *
When Sacha broke through the werewolf ranks, she expected to see Chax and
Angus standing over the still body of a wolf. But the center of the circle was empty.
 Have we interrupted something? Luc stalked over to Chax.  Where is the wolf?
Sacha went to Chax s side and squeezed her friend s shoulder. The wiry catshifter
shrugged her hand off.
 I missed him.
 It s all right, Chax. We ll find him.
 Not likely, Luc said.  A shifted wolf can cover forty kilometers in an hour. If he s
not in top shape, it might take him until the morning to reach Breziers. If he is, he ll
make Narbonne.
 Assuming that he returns to Barcelona, said Angus.
The circle of weres swelled with comments. None of which she understood, of
course, because she d forgotten her linguistor. Never again, Sacha.
She sensed Javier at her elbow and reached back for his hand. If this had been a
week previous, and it had been Luc s hand she reached for, he would have pushed her
off, awkwardly. But Javier clasped her hand in his. The heat of his flesh warmed her
against the cold night.
When she shivered, he pulled her into his side. That gave her a shiver of an entirely
different kind.
 What are they saying? she asked.
Javier leaned into her bare neck and whispered.  They agreed with Luc. That a
shifted wolf is too fast for us to chase. The feel of his breath reminded her of their
intimacy, of his mouth on other parts of her. She wanted nothing more than to fall to the
ground with him at that moment.
But one look at his tormented face said he wasn t feeling the same. Javier s
unfocused eyes glazed over. He might have been planning, or plotting, grieving. Other
than a jumble of images which would be hard to interpret, she wouldn t be able to
understand his Spanish thoughts.
It pained her to admit this, but she didn t like to have to ask what people were
thinking in order to comfort them. She always just knew. Asking him outright made her
feel too vulnerable.
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Instead, she squeezed his hand harder.
 Well, something has to be done, Angus said.  There s a werewolf on the loose in
unfamiliar country. It s been dead for nearly a day, and is probably hungry.
 And it s our fault. Luc paced in front of Chax, watching Sacha with wary eyes.  I
should have known this would happen.
 You couldn t know the wolf lived. Chax reached for Luc s hand and twined her
fingers around his. Such a simple gesture, and yet it set something off inside Sacha.
 No one is at fault. Sacha leaned into Javier s warmth, seeking a reprieve from the
anger that twisted inside her. She didn t take her eyes off Chax s fingers stroking Luc s.
She considered for a moment that she could simply read the catshifter s thoughts,
except that she d promised Luc she wouldn t.
It was one of the conditions of her entrance into the Resistance. She would only use
her Empath powers when necessary, and never on her crew. Luc was right. No one
would trust her if they knew she would read their minds at a moment s notice.
But it would have come in awfully handy right then.
 Someone is at fault. Chax flipped her gaze to Javier.
Luc s eyes followed, locking on Javier s face.  If you had followed my orders, we
wouldn t be in this mess right now.
Sacha stepped toward Luc, putting her body between his and Javier s.  You d
rather he murdered one of his own than inconvenience us? What has gotten into you,
Luc?
 We re never going to catch him, Sacha. Luc s brown eyes went that fierce black
color again.  He s got a head start and he s shifted. None of us can match that. Our only
chance is to find him when he turns back.
Javier s hand tensed in hers. Sacha didn t dare step back to his side, lest Luc mistake
it as an offer to pounce. She chanced a push into his mind.
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