Jasper didn’t know what to do when the SUV came down that dirt road, filling the air behind it with dust. Nobody had been to the location in months, and now his hiding place was going to be found out. He just needed a place to live until he found another job, that was all. Was it so wrong to use a place that was just sitting there, going to waste anyway?

As soon as he could the shifter hid downstairs, not having time to grab any of his personal belongings that were in the upstairs master bedroom. He waited for quite a while, only recognizing one voice- Vera, the alpha’s daughter. She was usually loud enough that everyone in the pack knew who she was, but why she was with a group of wolves he didn’t recognize at all was beyond him. Unfortunately, to his dismay, one of the females came down to grab…a medical kit and blankets? Hm, the wounds must not be terribly severe; he couldn’t smell the blood from where he was.

She smelled good, whoever this girl was, but it was too dark to tell much more than that. He stayed hidden while she grabbed her things, the shadows in the corner helping him stay undetected. Jasper was just about to let her leave when it dawned on him…he would get caught eventually. Finding out what was going on upstairs was necessary, and talking to this girl before Vera found him would be best. She could at least give him an idea of what he was going into.

Before Kennedy could make it up the first few steps Jasper ran forward, grabbing her from behind with his hand over her mouth.”Shhh, don’t scream! I just want to talk, I swear!” he whispered in her ear, dragging her backwards until they were sitting in the corner again, the furthest one from the stairway. He had his chest pressed firmly to her back, one arm around her waist to keep her there. “If you promise to not scream I’ll move my hand, but not until! I Just want to talk!”