”I’d gotten the story out of Bud. They were trying to get a stake, and worked the brush where they were finding Mavericks, unbranded cattle no one...had a claim to. It took them a year of backbreaking work, but they had two hundred cows to show for their efforts. Knowing they couldn’t drive them alone, they hooked up with trail boss whos struck a deal. They helped with the drive without pay, and he’d take their cattle along with his. They worked like dogs all summer, but go the herd to the. " He said."Who?" Asked Adams as she pursed her lips."That bitch of a police officer, the same one who was investigating me a few weeks ago. She came in here said she knew about the Dolls and she said she was going to fix them and then tossed me over the bar." Said Kent.Adams considered this for a moment, perhaps a competitor had convinced the officer that they were going to help and then steal the technology."She has no one to report this too." Said Adams. "We've got the Police chief and half. It was a set-up from the get-go and there was not a thing I could do about it except to plot my revenge.I was on the wrong end of the stick with the fingerprinting and the photo with my new New York City criminal serial number underneath. I was sure it would also find its way into the tabloids because the guys working that desk treated all the photos as their private property to be sold to the highest bidder There was not a familiar face in the area but that was understandable because it was an. .." Wolf's voice was pained, as she reached up to grab hold ofone of the arms that had wrapped themselves around her. "If you keepsaying such things, while touching me, I will not be able to resist. Imight do something you will hate me for. I do not want that. For somereason, the thought of it makes my heart hurt."'That feeling... Everything you've described so far... I was wrong. It'snot just happiness you're experiencing. It's love." Love...?" Wolf asked. "Between a monster and a human?".