The Wolf Code

“I had no idea that anyone outside of D.C. knew who I was.”

“You’ve been a household name since you did that job in Little Elm.  The news replayed the video of you pulling that girl out of the shipping container over and over for weeks.  I’m sure the Sheriff wasn’t happy when he found out that Mabel had called you.”

“Is Mabel going to be safe?” she wondered suddenly.  “I doubt the Sheriff is happy with her.”

“Mabel will be fine.  She’s not even on the Sheriff’s radar,” he said, but Senora wasn’t convinced. 

“What if she keeps asking questions and pressing the issue?  Mabel doesn’t seem like the kind of parent that’s just going to let this go.”

“I spoke to her as we were walking out, and she agreed not to mention it to anyone else.  She’s going to play the part of a mom too stuck in her grief to want to pursue an investigation.”

“That makes sense since Addie is already gone.  I’ve had a few parents give up in their grief.  I can’t blame them for just wanting the nightmare to be over.”

“Mabel is not the kind of woman to just let it go.  She may be heartbroken, but she’s also enraged, and that’s going to keep her going long after most would give up.  She’s going to keep her thoughts to herself for now, but she’ll get us anything we need to find out who did this to Addie.”

Ty stopped, looking at Senora and sighing.

“We’re almost there.  I just want you to be prepared.”

“Prepared for what?” she asked, her stomach clenching.

“We live life differently than you’re used to.”

“Am I in danger?” she asked, hand instinctively twitching for her gun.

“No,” he said, and there was a twinkle in his eye as he bit back laughter.  “But I can guarantee you’re going to see a lot more nudity.”

Senora shook her head and rolled her eyes. 

“I didn’t say that I have a problem with nudity.  I said I didn’t want to see you naked,” she teased him.

But that was a lie.  He laughed as he led her around the corner and out of the tree line.  Her last thought was that she wouldn’t mind if he never put on clothes again, but that thought was cut short when she saw the magical scene before her eyes.  What she saw took her breath away, and she realized then that Ty wasn’t exaggerating when he said that his people lived differently than anything she’d ever seen before.