Joy to the Wolves by Terry Spear

Author:Terry Spear
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2020-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

As soon as two men walked into her shop, Brooke immediately recognized them from having been here the day Jingles and Cinnamon were in the courtyard. She’d thought the men looked suspicious the first time too. They didn’t look like her usual customers, though she’d had a lot of traffic because of the reindeer calves that she probably wouldn’t have had otherwise. Josh had been outside with the calves, and Adam and Maverick had been having lunch at the house at the time.

The one man had shaggy brown hair, scraggy facial hair, and brown eyes; the other was a blue-eyed blond and wore a beard. Both were dressed in well-worn jeans and open hoodies revealing worn sweatshirts that looked like they’d seen better days. When they’d come that day, they’d said it was to see the reindeer calves everyone was talking about. They’d walked through her entire shop, making her feel they were going to steal something, and had not really been interested in seeing the reindeer. Most of the people who only intended to see the reindeer had gone around through the courtyard gate as a courtesy to those who were interested in buying or at least looking through Brooke’s inventory. She should have asked Josh if the men had gone out to see the reindeer. She’d completely forgotten about it because she’d been swamped with sales.

These guys made her skin crawl. She was placing a price tag on a cast-iron frying pan when the last of her customers left the shop. Alone with these men, she felt even warier. One was lifting things off a shelf, checking prices, and placing the items back on the shelf. He didn’t look like he was truly interested in buying anything. The other sauntered over to her counter, his mouth lifting slightly. The smile didn’t appear genuine in the least.

“Where do you get your stuff from?” the blue-eyed guy asked, leaning against her counter. His unwashed body odor nearly made her gag. It was bad enough that probably any human could smell him, but for a wolf, the scent was really bad.

“All over. Did you need something in particular?” She desperately wanted to call Josh.

The guy gave her a one-shoulder shrug. “Five boxes from an estate sale? A thumb drive, really. You know a Mr. Lee, don’t you?”

Her skin suddenly prickled with unease. Were these guys in cahoots with the others who had broken into her shop?

She was trying to keep her voice steady and pretend she wasn’t worried about why they were here. What had Mr. Lee gotten her involved in?

“I have boxes I haven’t even had time to sort through yet.”

“From Gulliver’s estate,” the blond said as if she were confused.

Mr. Lee had encouraged her to take the boxes. If there was a thumb drive in one of them, what did it have on it that would be worth sending all these goons for, presuming the previous robbers had wanted the same thing?

“Mr. Lee said we could have the boxes.

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