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her, but she wouldn’t hear of it. She was having far too much fun.
    “I don’t mind helping out,” offered Logan.
    Mia flushed and beamed. As much as she would like Logan hanging around the office, past experience had told her that the bear shifter was not built for office work. Last time he managed to rip the lid off the copy machine; not in a fit of rage either, just completely by accident.
    Mia looked to her uncle for help; she didn’t really want to hurt the bear shifter’s feelings.
    He nodded in understanding. “No, Logan, I’m sure Carly can help today, and Mia will phone a temp agency to get someone in tomorrow.”
    The little rabbit sighed in happy relief. “I’ll do it now.”
    “And after that, I need you to find someone for the camel skip. Who do we have?”
    Mia creased her forehead, thoughtfully. “I’m not sure, Thor’s visiting family in Norway, Zara’s at some kind of witchy conference in New Orleans, Stone’s at a bachelor party in Vegas and Adam’s… I have no clue where Adam is.”
    Marcus mulled that over. Jackson and Logan were their main employees, but the other four were their best part-time hunters. Thor was a polar bear, Zara a witch, Stone a rhino and Adam was a white tiger. Adam was ex-special ops, and sometimes did off-the-books missions for old acquaintances; it was, usually, best not to probe him too much for details. He suspected, by now, that both Zara and Stone were too tanked to travel, and he doubted Thor could make it back in time.
    “I’ll see what I can do.”
    Marcus flashed her a quick smile. “Thanks, sweetheart.”
    Jackson tried to object, but Marcus quelled him with a look. He left the wolf shifter to sulk as he retreated to his office and firmly closed the door.
    He settled at his desk and started going through the expenses. His muscles twitched, and his beast slithered restlessly. He was pissed about the camel.
    Marcus shook his head and tried to soothe his snake. It wasn’t a big deal; the bond for the camel wasn’t actually that much. They could take the loss. But, it was the principal. Since the day they opened their doors, they’d never lost a bounty.
    He breathed in and out, calming his raging animal. Perhaps he just needed a little release. He needed to work off some of his pent up anger. He briefly considered going to a bar, but his snake grumbled at that idea. The animal’s penchant for one-night stands had somewhat diminished over the past few months. He found himself yearning for something more, but Marcus didn’t want that. He’d tried marriage before, and it hadn’t ended well. He wasn’t about to repeat the experience.
    Marcus carefully put his pen down, straightened his desk and slipped on his jacket. He would go to the gym. Working out always made him feel better. He would exercise until he was too exhausted to listen to the rumblings of his animal, and too tired to care about the beast’s desire to mate.
    He doubted any woman could change his mind about taking a mate again; it would take a hell of a woman, and he doubted a woman like that even existed.
     

Chapter Three
    Ling groaned as the doorbell rang again. Just go away, she thought, grouchily.
    She was lying, face down in bed. She hadn’t bothered to wash or comb her hair that day, and she hadn’t left the house in over a week. Supplies were running low.
    The doorbell finally stopped, and Ling sighed in relief. She soon started panicking when a key started rattling in her front door. Who the hell could that be?
    Moments later, the intruder called out her name, and Ling really started panicking. Why the hell had she given her mother a key?
    Her bedroom door was soon opened, and her mother swept into the room, and started picking up discarded clothes and used tissues. Ling supposed she should at least be grateful her mother bothered to knock on the front door.
    “Well?” demanded Fang of her daughter. “Aren’t you at least going to say hello to your mother?”
    “Hello,