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it gently. Cam noticed the glisten of tears in her eyes as she looked away. “Sounds like the kind of guy I want to meet,” Jinx was the one that spoke, everyone turning to look at him.
    “What?” Jinx’s eyes widened. “He doesn’t deserve to be an Alpha if he acts like that.”
    “No, he doesn’t, but the fact is he is, so we’ll need to tread carefully.” Cam’s mind wandered back to something he had thought on earlier. “Fergie, if the doctors are baffled, did you think on seeing a Witch? Using magic to help heal you?”
    Fergie’s nose wrinkled up as if he’d just smelled the vilest thing possible and Fearghas snorted loudly. Cam bristled, after all, he was part Witch, as was his mother.
    “We don’t believe in using Witchcraft,” Fearghas said quietly.
    “If it can help then you should consider it.” Cam’s eyes stayed on his cousin’s. “I can check it out for you, if you want?”
    Fergie’s eyes slid away. “I’m not sure, Cam.”
    “We can talk about it later, for now let’s just focus on the threat to the Pack.”
    His uncle’s palm hit the table, hard, causing things to jump and shake. “If I was certain it was this Philippe I’d go to war but we’re not. There’s never any scents of other Wolves around anywhere near any of the incidents and no bodies have turned up of our missing Wolves. The Council would not look kindly on me going after this Alpha without solid proof.”
    Cam agreed, “Exactly, so I propose the guys and I go out first thing in the morning and go to locations of these ‘incidents.’ We’ll start at where you were attacked and go from there.” Cam stopped, thinking things through in his head, “No, wait. The boys and I are going to tread very carefully from here to the point of Fergie’s accident. I want to ensure that there is nothing untoward closer to home so to speak.”
    “What do you mean?” Fergie asked, frowning as if trying to work out where Cam was headed with this.
    “I just want to make sure there’s no sign of anyone or anything close to the cabins, if we just go tearing through the forest to where you were hurt we could miss things. We’ll go slow, searching every inch from here to where you were attacked.”
    “What’s the point? If we couldn’t scent anything then how are you going to?” Fergie face was angry as he glowered at his cousin.
    “I’m not trying to insult any of your abilities but I want to go and see if I can sense anything that may have been missed…”
    “There was nothing missed!” Fearghas shouted, again his hand slapping the table with force. “I’ve been out to where Fergie was hurt a hundred times and not once have I scented anything. Not a damn thing!”
    When he’d finished there was utter silence, a pin dropping could’ve been heard, as everyone looked between the Alpha and Cam.
    Cam sat still, waiting, dragging the silence out for minutes before he inclined his head to the side. “Alpha, we’re here to help but I’ll conduct my own enquiries and searches. If that’s not acceptable, we understand and I’ll call Marcus to come collect us.”
    Marie paced back and forth, wringing her hands as she stared at her mate. “Fearghas, please,” she whispered, her voice full of emotion.
    As Fearghas fought to control himself, Cam sat up straighter, never lowering his eyes and waited. Finally his uncle nodded once and replied, “It’s acceptable.”
    “Good.” Cam knew that would be all they would get from the Alpha. “Now, can you show us where we’ll be sleeping and then I want to catch up with my cousin here before I turn in.”
    Marie jumped as if coming out of a dream, her eyes flitting to Fearghas and back to Cam. “Of course, we’ve put you in the Pack Club House, if that’s okay. It’s got a number of rooms and they’re all made up for you. There’s a few of the She-Wolves who’ve been assigned to cook breakfast for you but you’re to come here for lunch, dinner, or any other time