Chapter 53: Bear Necessities

"I'm not a fan of them being where we can't get to them in case something goes wrong," Kacey Carmichael said, the growl of her wolf quite clear in her tone, as she sat around the giant conference table, her fourth cup of coffee in her hands. "Hoyt's been a slippery ass so far. What happens if he finds out where they are before we find the bastard?"

Para-Force's main office resided in the middle of downtown Brighton Cove. Of course, the sign on the front door didn't announce that. Instead, it read Wincott Investigations, and the residents of Brighton Cove thought the business operated merely as a private investigations agency. While they took on more mundane investigative cases with a small team working them, and a receptionist to make things look normal, the main group remained hidden in the back for the more dangerous missions, the ones the rest of the world never knew about, the ones with a paranormal bent to them. For the past five years, Kacey had been a member of Para-Force, a mix