A mountain lion raced into the foothills behind Hayden’s office. Jake paused as they walked across the parking lot. His lion rippled under the surface of his skin. He turned to Dane who walked beside him. “See that?” Dane nodded tightly. “I’d like to follow, but I’m thinking we need to touch base with Hayden.” Jake resumed walking, striding quickly to the building. Hayden called out for them to come in as soon as they stepped inside. Jake didn’t bother with the preliminaries. “Was that a shifter behind the building?” Hayden glanced up from his computer. “What?” he asked sharply. “We just saw a mountain lion behind the building run into the woods,” Dane replied. Hayden stood and walked to the window that faced the woods behind his office. “Those tracks there?” He pointed to fresh trac

