**Colt**
“Did Callie jack you up too?” I linked to my wolf, Duke.
“I wouldn’t say jacked; I’m buff and dangerous. Dangerous Duke,” my wolf linked back to me.
Oh lord, Duke was already cocky, and now he’s going to be even worse. I guess I better unleash this beast.
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Maximus and Duke started sniffing the ground, trying to catch Eva’s scent. Those girls couldn’t have gone far; they had to be close by unless that little waif had other abilities?
I noticed that Maximus seemed frantic around a particular area, so I linked Braxton. “Max, find something?”
“There is something here; he just can’t figure it out,” Braxton linked back.
“Might belong to the shadow girl,” I told him through the link.
I urged Duke to go over to where Maximus was so he could figure it out. As soon as Duke start
