“He’s being cared for. David said the surgery went well.”
“Did you ask Zach what happened?”
“I did, but we didn’t chat for long. He was tired.”
Will’s eyebrows rose. “Can he identify who shot him?” He kept his voice low.
“A man and a woman. That’s all he said, but I’m hoping he knows more. When he heals, we’ll ask him.”
“I understand.” Cold air blew in.
She didn’t need to look to know who’d arrived. Her body went into some kind of sexual overdrive all of a sudden. Tawny looked over her shoulder to make certain it was Alex and Liam. She then turned back to her cousin. “They helped find Zach, so I am treating them to dinner.”
“Sweet. Booth or table?”
She didn’t know why he asked. She and Zach always sat in a booth. Fewer people could hear them. “Booth.”
Alex placed a hand on her lower back. “Sorry we’re late.”
“No, I’m early.”
“You look nice. Real nice,” he said.
These two should talk. While they were wearing thick jackets, they had on polished boots and nice dress shirts. They also smelled like the woods—fresh and clean.
“Right this way, folks,” Will said as he led them to a booth. “What can I get you all to drink?”
Since everyone had survived the ordeal, Tawny ordered a Cabernet.
“Just a draft beer for me,” Alex said.
“Make that two.”
As soon as her cousin left, Alex reached across the table and cupped her hand. “Tell us what you know.”
She detailed as much as she could remember. “I had the sense he knew more, but Zach’s strength was fading. I didn’t want to put too much pressure on him.”
“Smart. If this couple lured him to the climbing site and then shot him, it was a set up for sure. Did they ask his name for confirmation?”
“I don’t think so, but I didn’t ask. All Zach said was that the bullets must have been coated in a sedative because it toppled him so quickly.” She leaned forward. “My brother has never been shot—at least not that I know. Is it true that if you’re shot, you can keep going?”
“Yes, assuming the bullet doesn’t nick our heart. Then it could be fatal.”
She explained that both her heart and Zach’s were more to the right than most people’s.
“Did Zach say if the man was a werewolf?” Liam whispered.
“He wasn’t. Both were human.”
The two men looked at each other, and then Liam nodded.
“It's possible this is the work of the human vigilantes we told you about," Alex said.
“What makes you think that?” she asked.
CHAPTERNINE
Liam hadn’t wantedAlex to bring up the vigilante theory again for fear of scaring Tawny even more, but Alex was convinced it made the most sense. “We called Rider Scott,” Alex said.