49-Juliet??

Hank and Juliet lock eyes as Laylon falls at her feet.

“The werewolves will have heard that,” Hank tells her. “More of your people are coming this way.”

Hank pulls his phone from his jeans hanging in the tree and texts Alpha Dawson to hold, that the shot was friendly.

“What happened?” Allan yells and grabs Juliet’s arm.

Hank gets ready to jump from his perch.

“He tried to,” Juliet cries. “Daddy, he wouldn’t take no for an answer.”

Allan grip turns into a hug and Hank relaxes.

“Your silencer has been tampered with,” Allan’s second in command says. “Tim, Eli, go see if any wolves heard this.”

Hank watches as two men run off in opposite directions.

“Is he dead?” Juliet asks.

“You shot him in the forehead. Yes, he is dead,” The second tells her.

“Daddy, he wouldn’t stop, even when I pointed the gun at him,” Juliet tells Allan, still crying.

“You defended yourself,” Allan tells her. “I am proud of you. This will teach everyone you are not to be messed with.”

Allan looks smug and smirks at