Loyal To The Bear (Second Chance Shifters 2) by Meredith Clarke Page A

before the full moon. We now have one day left.”
    “This time, the Shifter Killer seems to have kidnapped Carly in a rush. He has never left a sign that he or the victim had been at the scene of the kidnapping, and this time, he had left Carly’s keys in the lock and her bag on the ground. I think this means he took her in a rush. Carly either put up a fight, or something spooked him and made him want to get out of there as soon as possible.”
    Henry smiled. He knew Carly would have put up one hell of fight. For years, she had taken several self-defense classes, and while Henry and she were dating, he had taught her several easy moves she could do to take down an attacker.
    “The police department was able to track the burner to the Warehouse District in South Boston,” Andre continued. “Since it is a burner they weren’t able to get any account information. The call came from somewhere within these three towers,” Andre pointed to a large map. “That gives us about a twenty block radius.” One of the team members let out a low whistle. Henry looked over and glared at him. Andre loudly cleared his throat to get their attention.
    “I know it seems like a lot of space to cover. Mike and Andrew,” Andre pointed to two werewolves. “I want you to grab as many pack members as you can. Get Carly’s scent and start running the blocks. I know that the Shifter Killer normally blocks the victim’s scent, but I think this time we might get a hit.” Mike and Andrew nodded. Andre looked over at Henry.
    “Henry, you and I will head over there as well to help with the search efforts. The rest of the team, see if you can help the police find any more information about this guy.”
    Henry stood up with everyone else and headed out of the conference room. Andre walked up behind him and put a strong hand on his shoulder.
    “Don’t worry, Henry. We will find her.”

14

Carly
    C arly knew that today was her last chance to escape. Through the darkness of the warehouse, she could tell that it was daylight outside, which meant that today was the last day for her to escape.
    Carly pulled her cuffed hands back up the pipe and started to push her body up into the standing position. She carefully held the chain of the cuffs off the pipe as she walked in order to avoid making more noise than she had to. She wasn’t sure when Lee would be coming back, and she did not want him to find her moving down along the pipe.
    Carly slowly walked a few feet down to the area where she had found the small roll of copper wire. When she had found it, she had covered it up with some trash that had been laying near it. When she got to the trash pile, she gently kicked it away. Shit , she thought. How was she going to grab the wire when the pipe that she was handcuffed to hit just below her waist? There would be no way for her to grab it with her hands. She was going to have to move it back with her feet to where the pipe came back down so she could grab the wire with her hands.
    Carly carefully pushed the wire back with her feet, kicking it every few inches in front of her. She held her breath the entire time, fearful that she would accidently kick the wire out of reach. When she got back to where the pipe traveled back down to the floor, she was able to move her hands back down and grab the wire.
    “What are you doing?” Marissa croaked. Carly jumped, frightened by her voice.
    “I’m getting us out of here,” she said.
    Carly unraveled the small copper wire and straightened the end. In her self-defense classes, they had taught her how to unlatch a set of handcuffs using a bobby pin. The wire she was using was a bit stiffer than a bobby pin, but it was the best thing that she could find. She put the end of the wire into the hole on the bottom of the cuff where the key was supposed to fit in. She bent it slightly at an angle so that the wire hooked a bit when inside the lock. She pushed it at an angle and slowly moved the wire, waiting for it