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  “I understand. Thank you.”

  “I love you, Shane, you know that.”

  “I know, dad. I love you too.”

  As Shane watched his parents leave the next morning, he was filled with a mixture of excitement and sadness. His old life was over, his ties to the Arizona wolves severed. He’d still see his family, of course, but now he’d be a sort of outsider, not involved in decision making, not informed about the politics of clan life. He had a hard time feeling bad about that. But he would miss the disbursement checks he’d been living on since he turned eighteen. His share of the clan’s casino profits was substantial. He had savings, of course, and he’d withdraw all those funds today just in case any of his uncles took issue with him leaving and tried to seize his accounts.

  The idea of finding a job was both frightening and exhilarating. The idea of being alone here was just plain horrible. His thoughts turned to the shifter markings he’d stumbled upon yesterday. When he’d asked his mother about it, she had told him of the fox clan who had owned all the lands here once. Apparently his grandfather had been friends with the grandfather of this lone fox shifter, and had purchased the lands in a friendly deal, providing the foxes with much needed cash and also assuring them the lands surrounding theirs would always be protected from development. His mother had told him the foxes she’d known were dead, and only their son remained of their line. Shane decided to try to find this fox later, introduce himself. The possibility of making a friend nearby was too good to pass up. If nothing else, it would keep his loneliness at bay until he found some wolf shifters.

  Wondering if Harlan and Shane get together?

  Taming the Fox, available on Amazon!