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escort Ms. Cherane back here?"
    "Oh yeah, already did. We figured you would want her here. Any case, we are always willing to accompany a beautiful piece like that to the station."
    "Watch yourself." Maddix grew impatient. "You better show her some respect."
    The constable's face went grim and his eyes narrowed. "Or what?"
    "Prisoner escort coming through," shouted Larouche
    Like a well-oiled machine, the constables in the station all stopped what they were doing and took positions by the entrance. Every man watched the three suspects closely as they walked in, followed by Larouche and four of his men. Maddix recognized the three of them immediately as Tanya, Eric, and William—the three werewolf pack leaders.
    The expressions on their faces fluctuated between frustration and contempt. They didn't put up any resistance at all, but Eric and William refused any contact with the constables whenever they tried to lead them by the arm. Neither tried to touch Tanya, who displayed this reserved sense of calm, unlike her companions.
    Javier did not seem concerned one bit for who they were or that the two men were twice his size as he stepped ahead of everyone and pointed to the door to the interrogation room. "Have a seat, please. I have some questions for you."
    Maddix darted from the office. "What's this?"
    "Monsieur Benbrook," Javier avoided eye contact, "I trust you are well. I have brought in these three for questioning, and we shall get to the bottom of this unacceptable attack on your person. Now if you will just run along—"
    "No way! Not this time. There is something seriously fucked up going on and we have no time for a pissing contest. I'm going in there with you."
    "Trust me, monsieur, I have the solution to this problem."
    "Great, we can discuss in in there." Maddix slipped away and followed the three lycanthropes into the interrogation room.
    Javier huffed in frustration but accepted defeat reluctantly. The two men took seats across from their guests.
    Eric and William were both equally intimidating, but William's eyes were this constant shade of yellow that made him just a touch more frightening. They both looked like they had aged well in their forties—dog years he supposed—with long graying hair. William kept his hair in a ponytail, which only served to bring out his unsettling eyes better. Maddix read once that werewolves who spent too much time in wolf form tended to keep some of those animal attributes in human form. Then there were some that could just change certain aspects of themselves as tools or to intimidate. Maddix could not tell which was the case with William.
    Tanya was a unique among the werewolves. She wasn't frightening physically, but there was an energy that exuded from her that set the hairs on one's skin straight. Every movement she made had grace and patience. After a few seconds of staring at her alluring blue eyes, Maddix noticed that she never blinked. Just looking on the surface it would be hard to picture her as being deadly, but Maddix knew that there was only one way to become a pack leader of werewolves … a fight to the death.
    "Now," Javier chimed in, "I hope everyone is comfortable?"
    Nobody said a word. They just stared at Javier and Maddix with disdain.
    "If everyone here is honest and answers every question, this will be over quickly. Do you know why you are here?"
    "Is this over a dead bloodsucker?" asked Eric, with a grimace.
    "Maybe," Maddix jumped in. "You know of any?"
    "I didn't say that," said Eric. "Just curious."
    "Perhaps then you might be able to tell us why one from your kind would attack Monsieur Benbrook tonight?" Javier was all business.
    "That's impossible," Tanya answered.  
    "Oh trust me," Maddix quipped, "it happened. I have the scars to prove it."
    William hummed to himself.  
    "Something you wish to share, monsieur?"  
    "Not at all." William was a soft speaker. There was a calm to his demeanor that was unnerving. He seemed unfazed by anything.
    "You're