Chapter 40

At ten the following morning, Melinda called and said she and Martin had the day off and wanted to come with us to the werewolf compound. They were at the house by 11:30. We didn’t have the nice velvet bags they used on me, but we used a couple of Mom’s scarves to tie around their heads.

I reminded them that werewolves usually went naked in order to facilitate shifting, and to expect to see a lot of male and female nudity. They rode in the back of the Jeep with Conor and Brigitte, who were going to take a roundabout way to confuse them as to where they were going and the actual location of the compound. I rode with my parents and we went directly there.

Gerhard was dressed as he met us outside. A lot of wolves greeted my mother as family, then my father as her mate. I told Gerhard that a couple was coming shortly, interested in a possible breeding, but still with questions.

“Primarily, they’re interested in a human child, but I did say that a payment of twenty thou