The Dom Unites Wolf and Panther [Unchained Love 5] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Cara Adams Page A

nothing about where he’s been for the past three years. Then there’s the possibility of Sam wanting to come back when he gets out of jail. Some people are finding this all way too stressful and dangerous. To have unlimited strangers right on our fence may not appeal to them, you understand.”
    Nicholas nodded. He already knew that was the weakest link in his proposal.
    “Let me know how Curtis gets on talking to the county about the road and to the developer about the land. If he’s gotten everything sorted at his end, I’ll speak to the people here. I’m sorry, but that’s the best deal I can give you right now.”
    “I understand. Thank you anyway, Larry.”
    Nicholas still felt hopeful. David was turning out to be a model citizen and Sam was tucked up tight in jail. He knew nothing about this Galen person but would talk to Autumn about him later. Meanwhile, he could work on ensuring the fence to Carnal Connections was secure. I wonder how much it would cost to make that length of it between our properties electric? And we could definitely cover it all with CCTV cameras. No worries about that.
     
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    “Someone helped Jim break out of jail last night, and no one has seen Galen since lunchtime yesterday,” said Autumn to Nicholas and Curtis.
    The three of them were sitting in the small communal room where she did a lot of her yarn work. Omar didn’t want any of the panther women to be left alone at the moment, and Nicholas and Curtis had jumped at the excuse to spend more time with Autumn.
    “Jim’s the one you caught, right?” asked Curtis.
    “Yes, that’s right. He’s no Einstein, but he seemed a bit smarter than the others,” she added.
    “Well, that wouldn’t be hard,” said Curtis.
    “I don’t know Galen at all. Tell me about him,” said Nicholas.
    “In panther packs, the young women tend to hang around together and don’t mingle much with the young men.”
    “It’s the same with wolves.”
    “Humans, too, often. Haven’t you ever been to a cookout? All the men stand around the grill outside while all the women are inside in the kitchen.”
    “All right. The point I’m trying to make is that I was barely twenty-one when he left. Just officially grown up and starting to look around at the men and think about potential mates. Now, okay, I’d had a few dates, but there was no one who I’d truly lusted after or anything like that. Not like Serena and Verity, who’ve both firmly gotten their gaze on certain men.”
    “I hear you, but tell us what you know of him anyway. Did you go to school together? Kids learn a lot about each other on the school bus,” said Nicholas.
    Autumn nodded and thought carefully. “He’s a couple years older than me. I guess quiet and almost secretive are the words that come to my mind. I don’t recall him causing trouble or anything like that ever. Even when Sam told him he couldn’t date Leticia because she was too young—which was ridiculous by the way, she was nineteen—he didn’t yell or complain behind Sam’s back. He just packed his things, loaded his car, told Leticia he was going, and left.”
    “Hasn’t he said anything about where he’s been or what he’s been doing for the past three years?”
    Autumn frowned, trying to remember exactly what Leticia had said. “He traveled down south for the warmer weather and said he found he missed the snow so came up north again. He went back to the farm, but of course we’d left there by then.”
    “It’s impossible to know whether he’s just a quiet, private sort of person or whether he’s planning trouble,” said Curtis.
    “But what if someone has hurt him? Everyone’s saying he’s helped Jim escape and joined the rogue panthers, but he returned to us, his own pack, not to them. What if he’s been in a car accident or something and no one has bothered to look for him?” asked Autumn.
    “Wouldn’t Omar have thought of that? Omar seems to be mighty smart to me. For a cat,