Pack Community (Were Chronicles) by Crissy Smith Read Free Book Online

had become their Alpha, Tyler had lost his best friend back in college to hunters.
    “So if you’re already involved with the government and okay with being in the public, why did your cousin kidnap you?” Dawson wondered.
    “When this all comes out, there is a good chance that the military missions will also be exposed. The credit to end the torture of the shifters will go to the royal family,” Prince Zachary informed them. “My cousin wants that credit.”
    “You don’t?” Dawson asked with a raised brow in disbelief.
    “No.” The Prince stroked a hand down Casey’s back. “I would prefer to keep the military missions a secret. To protect the ones I love.”
    Dawson looked away from the Prince and his brother, but Gray kind of thought it was nice. Man or woman, a mate was a mate. Wolves mated for life, so it was very sacred for them. He knew not all felines did the same, but he could almost feel it in his bones that Prince Zachary and Casey would be together for life.
    “What can we do to help? I’m sorry, but I do need to tell my Alpha and the other teams to stop looking. They are away from their Pack and families. It is starting to take a toll on everyone.”
    “I understand but I have to ask you to tell only your Alpha for now, if you are sure you can trust him,” Prince Zachary requested. “I believe he can be trusted, but my cousin is working with some wolves. We need to capture them all this time.”
    Gray nodded. “I can do that. As long as I can speak with Tyler about it, I agree to keep all of this under wraps.”
    “What about the sheriff?” Dawson enquired.
    “One of the reasons I picked the canyon was because of Jim. If this went wrong, I was going to contact him,” Casey admitted.
    “I think we should bring in the sheriff,” Dawson told his brother. “In the long run it will be better to have his support. I know you all think you can handle this but just being able to get to the Prince speaks volumes on how organised these guys are.”
    The military men all exchanged looks before they eventually nodded.
    “We’ll head into town and talk with Jim. See if we can get any reports from the rangers,” Dawson said.
    “We have no way to communicate with you, though,” Gray mentioned.
    RJ stood and walked over to his backpack. He pulled out a handheld radio and passed it over to Gray. “Use channel eight. It’s as secure as we can make it with the technology we brought with us.”
    Gray accepted the radio and nodded. “We’ll head back into town and meet with the sheriff. Find out what we can. We won’t contact you unless we encounter any problems. But how about we take a run tonight and meet back up about midnight?”
    RJ nodded. “Two wolves won’t cause too much suspicion even if we are being watched.”
    Gray stood. “Then we have a busy night ahead of us.”
    The other men dipped their heads in goodbye as Casey stood to walk them to the front of the cave.
    “I’ll give you a minute,” Gray told Dawson, clipping him on the shoulder.
    He strolled back into the sunlight, glad to get out in the open. He didn’t like the closed-in feeling. Natural wolves might make a den in a cave like that, but he preferred the freedom to be able to run.
    Dawson and Casey spoke in low but urgent tones and Gray did his best to ignore them. Not easy with his sharpened senses so he ambled farther away, humming low to himself.
    Dawson followed behind him a couple of minutes later. He was shaking his head and mumbling.
    “You okay?” Gray asked his new friend.
    Dawson glanced up and offered a small smile. “On one hand, I’m relieved to see him again. I know Beth will be thrilled beyond words. But, on the other hand, he was close by and didn’t contact me, put my family in danger, and has a whole other life I know nothing about. I’m angry…and just a little impressed by him.”
    “I bet that punch felt good, though.”
    Dawson laughed like Gray had intended. “It did. Really good. But he