Haylee, Alyona, and Silvia wait for Jack and Debbie to come downstairs. Today was their first day at the same school that Julia and Gina had gone too. They had on the same uniform the school made every student wear. They had taken the entrance evaluation test to find what grade they were being placed in.

Haylee was being placed in sixth grade. Alyona was being placed in ninth grade, while Silvia was being placed in eighth grade. Jack and Cheshire had made up school records for Krisha, Alyona, and Silvia. Julia had managed to get Haylee’s school records.

“You girls ready for school?” Debbie comes down first to make sure her new daughters and granddaughter were ready for school.

“Yes, ma’am.” All three girls were nervous about going to a new school.

Debbie could sense that all three girls were nervous “you know, Julia and Gina were nervous when they first went to school. Jack gave each girl the wolf necklaces you have seen them wearing. I know Alyona and Silvia have their necklaces, but I don’t know if your mom gave you yours yet Haylee.”

“What necklace, grandma?” Haylee was curious.

She loved having a grandmother and grandfather. She had been nervous and scared when she first met her grandfather, but after she saw how he had hugged Julia and Gina. She knew he cared about his family.

“This one.” Jack comes walking into the living room where everyone was waiting to leave.

Jack walks over to Haylee and places a necklace that had a horse around her neck. It looked identical to Evening Star. Julia and Gina had informed him how much Haylee loved horses and how Evening Star had taken to her.

“Thank you, Grandpa.” Haylee hugs Jack.

“You’re welcome.” He returns the hug.

“Remember, if any of you girls are in danger or hurt. Just press your necklace and it will let the family know. The necklaces have a tracking chip in it, so we can find you. We will be able to find you with an app, on our phones.” Jack demonstrates with pressing Alyona’s necklace. They hear a beeping sound coming from Jack’s and Debbie’s cell phone.

“See girls, we will be able to locate and help you. Haylee, both your mother and aunt have the same necklaces as well.” Debbie looks at each girl to see if they understand.

“Alright, let’s get you girls to school.” Jack leads the girls and Debbie out to the family hummer.

Gina had gone back to work, and Arnold had flown back to Boston to finish his schooling. He and Gina had agreed that they were going to get married a week after his graduation. Cheshire, Tizzy, Krisha, and Ikaika had flown back to Hawaii. Cheshire was going to enroll Krisha in the same private school Tizzy went to when she was younger. She also was going to sign Krisha up for ballet lessons as well. She had seen how much Krisha had enjoyed ballet when Christmas instructed them.

The girls watched as the landscape went by. Jack was driving and when they arrived at school. They were escorted to the office. When they walked in, Haylee noticed that Christmas was in the office waiting for her. There was also a brunette teenage girl in there with her.

Christmas turns around when Jack, Debbie, and the girls walk into the office “good morning ladies. Alyona, Silvia this is Julie Cassidy. She is
going to be your big sister while you are here in school. If you need any help or have any questions about your classes. You can go to her and she will direct you to the right person to talk too. Haylee, if you need anything or have any questions, you’ll come to me. My classroom is three doors down from your homeroom.”

Haylee looks at her mother “should I call you mom or Mrs. Bounty?”

“When we are around other students, you call me Mrs. Bounty. When it is just me and you, you can call me mom. That goes for you two as well, Alyona and Silvia. When we are in school, you need to call me Mrs. Bounty. When it is just me and you. You can call me Auntie or Aunt Christmas.”

“Yes, ma’am.” Alyona and Silvia answer at the same time.

Jack and Debbie stood nearby listening to Christmas.

“Girls, either me or your mother will pick you up after school. Now you go and have fun.” Jack and Debbie give each girl a hug and leave.
Christmas escorts Haylee to her class, which was on the west wing of the school.

“Well, it looks like it’s just us.” Julie was surprised that she had been picked to be the new girl's big sisters.

She has been waiting for awhile to be picked. She looks at both girls. She already knew what their schedule was.

“Alyona and Silva if you’ll follow me. I’ll show you to your classrooms.” Julie leads them out of the office and up to the second floor.

“Julie, what does a Big sister do?” Silvia was curious.

“Well, I show you where your classes are. I introduce you to other students who have similar interest or classes like you do and I try to be there for you if you have any problems. I also hope we can become friends.” Julie shows Silvia to her first class and introduces her to her teacher.

Then she escorts Alyona to her first class and introduces her to her teacher. Alyona had English first thing in the morning and Silvia had Physics first thing in the morning. Throughout the day Julie and another person show up to escort Silvia and Alyona to their classes.

The other person who was helping Julie was named Tyler Bradley. He was on the student council and wanted to meet the new students. Sometimes he would escort Silvia to her other classes or he would switch up with Julie and escort Alyona to her classes.

During lunch, Julie invites Silvia and Alyona to sit with her and her friends. They meet Edward Taylor, and he was on the baseball team.
George Rose was in the band, Kian Knight was in the band, Shannon Grant was in the Drama club, Natasha Curry was on the school newspaper, Jeannie Collins was on the Girl’s swim team along with Katherine French.

Everyone wanted to know more about them. Jack and Debbie had told each girl to tell the truth but leave certain parts out. They were to tell anyone that asked that they had been kidnapped and that their natural parents had been killed. That they had been placed and adopted by
Jack and Debbie Bounty.

Haylee:
Haylee was making friends with the students in her sixth-grade class. Her grade along with the others grades below her had lunch before the Jr. High and High school students. She met several nice people in her class that was on the local riding club. She has already fallen in love with the horses on the ranch. She especially loved Evening Star. She was her favorite horse of all the horses on the ranch. Dusty was her next favorite. He was an Andalusian horse.

She gets up early every morning to help feed the horses, the cows, the buffalos and enjoys it. She also helps in feeding the wolves. Before Cheshire left with the Ligers, she helped feed them. She saw her mother during lunch. Her own teacher was nice. Her name was Mrs. Cherry and was from California.

After school ends all three girls meet up at the front of the school where Jack told them to be. Alyona was looking for the hummer. She spots it third in line. When it finally pulls up where they were waiting for it. Debbie gets out and opens the back door for the girls to get in. Once they were in and buckled in. Jack drives them home.

After School:
Debbie turns around in her seat to look at the girls “did you girls have fun today?”

Alyona and Silvia look at each other before speaking “we met some nice students. They didn’t ask too many personal questions.”

“Grandma, do you think mom would mind if I wanted to join the local riding club?” Haylee had heard from the people she met at the riding club.

“I don’t think your mother would mind. Both your Aunt Gina and your mom were members of a local riding group. If decide you want to join the group, then I’m going to have to teach you how to ride properly.” Debbie didn’t mind teaching Haylee how to ride.

“You know how to ride grandma?” Haylee was amazed at that.

“Yes, I use to travel the rodeo circuit. So, does your grandfather. He’s not as good as me, but he is a good rider.” Debbie glances over towards Jack to see his reaction.

Jack just smirks at his wife’s comment. He may not be as talented as she is in the saddle, but he was a good rider and could break a horse in. He enjoyed horseback riding as much as his wife does.

When they get home, the girls head to the dining room. They seat around the table to start on their homework, after changing out of their school uniform. Each girl had a few advanced classes they were taking. While they worked on their homework. Selina makes fixes them a snack.

Selina smile as she watches the girls work on their homework. She remembers Gina and Julia doing the same thing when they got home from school. Now they were grown and had careers of their own. She takes the twins their snacks as well.

The girls work on their homework till dinner is ready. They clear their books off the table and help set the table under Selina’s supervision. The girls so far were still uneasy about school, but they were willing to try.

A week go by fast for the girls. During the week the friends they have made invite Alyona and Silvia to hang out with them at the mall. Haylee talks Debbie and Christmas into letting her go and visit her friends in the riding club. She wants to see what their riding club does.

Debbie teaches Haylee how to ride a horse. She starts her off on Gina’s horse Running Bird because he was the most tamed and tolerates of new riders. Evening Star didn’t have Running Bird’s temperament. She required a more experienced rider.

Mall:
Alyona and Silvia had been given their own credit card by Jack. They told them what the limits were. They were nervous being at the mall without their father or Debbie. However, they relax once they met up with their friends.

What Alyona and Silvia didn’t know. Was that Gina and Selina were keeping an eye on them to make sure no one harasses them or bother them. Jack and Debbie wanted the girls to feel comfortable without them around but wanted to make sure the girls were protected on their first time out.

Gina knew how the girls felt about being out on their own. She felt the same way her first time out. She held onto Jack’s hand for dear life when she first went out. It took the movie and shopping with Debbie before she felt safe and had fun.

When it was time for the girls to be picked up. She shows up in her hummer to pick them up. Selina was with her.

“Did you girls have fun?”

Alyona and Silvia had bought a few items they saw. They load their bags in the cargo area of the hummer before they climbed in. Silvia sits behind Gina, while Alyona sits behind Selina.

“Yes, ma’am.” Silvia was in a good mood and had enjoyed it.

“How about you Alyona? Did you enjoy yourself?” Selina was curious.

“Yes ma’am, I had fun. It’s just I'm not used to being able to do what I want to.” Alyona had been whore out for a few years and didn’t feel safe anymore.

“I know how you feel Alyona. The first time I went out with dad, I wouldn’t let go of his hand and stayed close to him. It took mom taking me and Julia shopping and the movies afterward that I finally relaxed and enjoyed myself. Just know me and Julia know what you and Silvia are going through. If you ever want to talk about what happened, you can come to me or Julia.” Gina knew it would take time to heal from what happened to them.

Gina drives them home and wonders how her niece did today with her grandmother. She could tell already what Haylee was going to be when she got older. She saw how much Haylee loved animals. As for Alyona and Silvia, the verdict was still out, but she wouldn’t mind Alyona joining her at the office. Silvia might be better suited running the ranch with Haylee by her side. She’ll speak with her father and mother when she gets home.

Julia couldn’t believe it. She got accepted to the police academy on her own without her father pulling any strings. He told her he could if she wanted him to, but she had asked him not too. She wanted to do this on her own. She wanted to be a police officer since she was sixteen years old and a few police officers visited their school during career day. She was even taking online college courses in law enforcement. Her father had helped her choose which ones would be good for her to take.

When she turned of age, she applied for a position as a Montana Police officer and was accepted. She passed the knowledge test, verbal test, psychological test and the background check. Which she knew her dad had something to do with. Even though she didn’t need her father’s help, the instructor recognized her father’s name because of his first wife. He rushed her stuff through.

At the academy, some of the manly men there and a few instructors teased her, because of her petite stature.

Some of the other recruits didn’t think she could pass the physical parts. Not only did she pass them, but she set new academy records. On the gun range, she beat everyone on the range thanks to her father’s training. She even taught the instructor a few things. When her instructor asked her how she knew that information. She just looked at him with a sly smile on her face.

“My father is the most dangerous man there is. He taught me and my sister everything he knows about guns.”

She just left it at that and headed to take her shower. She did ask about being a K-9 handler and if she could use Sphinx because of his training. After she demonstrated what Sphinx could do and how well he responded to her commands. The police chief allowed it. Her training officer was surprised at how fast they hired her. She went from being a probational officer to be a full-time police officer in four months, compared to the year time it normally took.

Once, she was out on the streets working. The drug dealers, sellers, and people who tried hiding from her or the other police officers found out that Sphinx always got his person. They learned not to run or try to hide drugs, weapons or explosives from Sphinx. He always found them and caught his man as well. One drug dealer tried siccing his pit bulls on Sphinx. The drug dealer found out what happened to them after Sphinx got done with them. He crushed and tore their throats out. Another drug dealer tried shooting Sphinx, but Julia shot the guy between the eyes from hundred feet away with her service weapon. He never got a shot off. Her and Sphinx were making a name for themselves among the different police departments. Where the other K9 officers had Belgian Malinois, she had a wolf.

Sometimes, she and Sphinx were called to inspect tractor trailers suspected of transporting drugs, weapons or illegal immigrants. Her police department had a total of three K9’s handlers. Her and two other officers. The Bills police department had four K9 handlers.

“Hey Julia, feel like working a fair this weekend?”

“Sure, why?”

“We need a K-9 officer to be seen working for the crowd just in case someone decides to do something stupid.”

“You do know, I’m going to stick out like a sore thumb. Sphinx isn’t a dog, but a wolf.”

“We’re counting on it. Everyone knows yours and Sphinx reputations already. We’re hoping just having you there might deter anyone from doing something stupid.”

“You just want me to scare the little kids, Lt.”

“That too, so do you want to work it?”

“Sure, I don’t mind. My sister and some of our friends are going to be there.”

“Will Sphinx be okay around that many people?”

“Him yes, Cadmus, yes, but not Chaos. He doesn’t like large crowds or people.”

“Who’s Chaos?” Lieutenant Johnson had never heard that name before.

“His sire and my father’s wolf. He’s bigger then Sphinx and Cadmus. He’s also the meanest wolf you’ll ever meet. He won’t hurt me or the family, but anyone else is fair game.”

“Here’s a picture of Sphinx, Cadmus and Chaos.”

Julia shows him a picture from her cell phone of all three wolves standing together and he whistles.

“Damn, that’s a big wolf.”

“Yep and all three are military trained. So, they all know how to kill and sniff out explosives, weapons, drugs, and people.”

“Who’s their trainer?”

“My father was, but he’s training me now. We got a new litter of wolf pups and dad is training them to military standards. Dad is thinking about training a Dingo for an Australian friend who raised a Dingo puppy from birth.”

“Well, if you decide to become a trainer, let me know. I’ll pass it along to the Captain.”

“Maybe, if I get shot or something. I like being a K9 cop. Too bad cats can’t be trusted like man’s best friend.”

“Why do you say that?”

“Because here’s a nice kitty cat we could use.”

Julia shows him a picture of Tizzy playing with Simba and Khan.

“What type of cats are those?”

“They are Ligers. That girl in the picture is my cousin Tizzy. Simba is her cat.”

“Dam, you come from a strange family.”

“You think?”

Julia just smiles and head over to her desk to do her paperwork. Sphinx lays down next to her desk. She slips him a few treats for being so good. By quitting time, she had gotten three-quarters of her paperwork done.

“Come on Sphinx, let’s go home.” Julia grabs her purse and starts walking out the door with Sphinx on her heels without his leash on.

“Don’t you know he’s supposed to be on his leash?” Officer Henderson hated Julia and her dam wolf.

“Ya, but he doesn’t need one like a few people I know.” Julia looks at Henderson with a disgusted look on her face.

Julia disliked officer Henderson. He was one of the officers in her training class that teased her the most and spread rumors behind her back about her spreading her legs to get promoted so fast like she did. She knew the truth and so did a few other officers. They knew how hard she worked and how many people she has helped.

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“If I must explain it to you, then you don’t need to be a police officer.”

Julia walks out to her truck and opens the door for Sphinx to get in. As Julia is heading home. She gets a call from dispatch to check out a warehouse.

“I’m on it.” Julia heads towards that direction and doesn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

“Unit Charley 47, Code 6” Julia gets out of her truck and opens the door for Sphinx to join her.

“Roger, Charley 47

“Larracht”

Julia follows Sphinx as he seeks out any danger. She has her gun drawn and was keeping her eyes opened. Sphinx stops and starts growling.

“Where at boy?”

Julia looks in the direction Sphinx was facing and then she notices a reflection coming from a window.

“Bog!”

Julia moves along with Sphinx as a bullet strikes right where she had been standing. Julia fires in the direction the bullet came from just like her father taught her. She moves quickly with Sphinx. They come to some cover; just as they were taking cover. Sphinx jumps and takes down a shooter before he could get a shot off at Julia.

“Thanks, Sphinx.”

A bullet strikes, just to the left of where Julia is standing. Julia brings her weapon to where the shot came from and fires two shots in that area.
Another shot rings out from that location as Julia spots the asshole trying to hit her. She puts two rounds into his head. Sphinx takes off and the next thing she hears is screaming. She runs in that direction and spots a Latino guy with an MS13 tattoo on his neck and pinned with
Sphinx standing over him. His arm was caught in Sphinx's mouth and was bleeding.

“I suggest you start talking or my wolf is going to eat you for dinner tonight.”

“I ain’t telling you shit, puta.”

“So, you’re not going to tell me anything?”

“Croith!”

Sphinx shakes the boy's arm in his mouth.

“Now, are you still not going to talk to me?”

“We were paid to take you out?”

“Why?”

“I don’t know. Someone wanted you dead.”

“Who?”

“Croith!”

Sphinx shakes his arm more.

“Who?”

“Honestly, I don’t know. I and three others were sent out to kill you.”

“Who sent you? Don’t tell me you can’t tell me because I’ll feed your ass to my wolf?”

“Lil Loco. He sent me to you.”

“Where can I find this Lil Loco?”

“I can’t tell you.”

“You will tell me or I am going to tell my wolf to eat you right now.”

“You’ll find him at the La Locus Flower Restaurant.”

“You’ve been very helpful. Now, you’re under arrest for the attempted murder of a law enforcement.”

“Charley 47 to dispatch, send a meat wagon for three and the paramedics. I have a wounded suspect.”

“Dispatch to Charley 47 paramedics on the route along with meat wagons.”

“Roger Dispatch.”

“Garda!”

Julia walks off to check on the condition of the other three bodies. All three bodies she shot at, she killed. Her father would be proud of her. She checks one body and he had a photo of her and Sphinx. Maybe, she should bring Chaos with her to visit him? She looks down at Sphinx and reconsiders that thought. Chaos may be big and nasty, but Sphinx could be that way when he needed to be.

Sphinx can show that jerk what happens when you fuck with her and her wolf.

Julia waits for the paramedics to arrive along with the meat wagon. She informs dispatch about having a cop at the hospital for her suspects.
She heads towards the La Locus Flower Restaurant. She parks outside and walks into the restaurant.

“I’m looking for Lil Loco, where is he?”

“There’s no Lil Loco here, Perra.”

“Are you sure?”

“ionsaí!”

Sphinx goes directly to the guy and grabs his arm. He tightens his grip on the guy's arm.

Several guys go for their guns, but Julia had hers already drawn.

“I wouldn’t do that fellows if I was you. He won’t let go unless you shoot him, or I tell him too.”

She looks at all of them “now, you’re going to tell me which one of you is Lil Loco or I am going to start shooting people and I don't care who I kill.”

“You’re a cop, you can’t do that.”

“You’re right I am a cop, but I’m also the daughter of the deadliest assassin around. If I don’t kill you, he will and believe me, my father isn’t nice. He’ll kill your whole family and your whole gang.”

“I’m Lil Loco.”

The guy stands up and looks over towards Julia.

“Call your wolf off my man.”

“Lig Téigh!”

Sphinx lets go and go to stand next to Julia.

“Who paid you to come after me?”

“A guy from out of town. He paid us to take you and that damn wolf of yours out.”

“What did he look like?”

“I have a picture of him.”

One of the guys gives her his phone.

“Now, since you guys have been so nice to me. I won’t mention this to my father. If you decide to come after me again. I’m going to come back and feed you to my wolf and my father’s hellhound. Oh, by the way. My father’s name is the Diablo Generosidad Cazador.”

“Holy shit Lil Loco. If she is his daughter. You don’t want him coming for you. He has a demon dog that will eat you.” Joaquin had heard
rumors. He met a few Cartel members that encountered the demon dog and lived.

The guy that had spoken looked at Lil Loco with fear on his face. He heard what that guy had done down in South America and heard stories of the demon dog that traveled with him.

“Meet his son.” Julia motions towards Sphinx.

“Now, I’m going to leave and if I ever have to come back. You’ll regret it. Oh, one more thing. If you ever decide to go after someone who has a wolf-like mine? He’ll eat you and his owner will kill you as well. She’s not restricted by any laws.”

Julia backs out and heads back towards her SUV.

“Tar!”

Sphinx follows Julia back to the Suv. She heads towards the police department to search the criminal database for this guy. She’ll have to fill out the arrest report for what happened. Good thing she got the guys identity from him. She pulls into the parking lot and head inside the police station and runs the Image. She got to work doing the report she’ll be asked about by the Captain. She makes sure to include everything that happened. She knows she’ll be asked about it.

Julia glances at the search and it still hasn’t found a match yet.

Julia sits and waits while the search continues. After ten more minute, a match pops up.

DEA Anthony Temes, Age: 45, Race: Caucasian, Eye color: Hazel, Hair color: Black, D.O.B.: 05/25/1973, Build: Muscular, Identifying marks: scar above the right eye, battle ax tattoo upper right shoulder, USMC bulldog tattoo on right forearm.

Julia couldn’t believe the guy's police record. She looks at the picture and it matched the one she had from Lil Loco.

She stares at the file and couldn’t believe a DEA agent had put a hit out on her. As she is sitting at her desk looking at the file. Patrol Officer Henderson comes walking in.

“What is it with you? Rumor has it, that you and that damn mutt of yours threaten a civilian and you killed three people.” Officer Henderson
hoped they would have taken her out along with that mutt of hers.

Julia looks up at Joseph “Sphinx isn’t a mutt, but a wolf, first off. Secondly, someone hired them to kill me and Sphinx. I don’t know about you, but if someone tries to shoot me. I’m going to shoot back. As for me using Sphinx to interrogate the leader of the gang that came after me. I can think of something far worse than me doing something.”

“You think that because your last name is Bounty. You can take the law into your own hands and do whatever the fuck you want. You’re as arrogant as your father.” Joseph hated Mr. Bounty because he had sent his father to prison.

He didn’t know all the details, but he did know Mr. Bounty was responsible. Now, he had a daughter that had made him look like he was nothing. She had beat him at the academy and got hired after four months of graduating.

Julia stood up out of her chair when Joseph mentions her father “I don’t think I’m above the law. I do whatever it takes to get the job done. As for whatever beef you have with my father. You would be better off taking whatever it is up with him, instead of me.”

“You’re just as arrogant. You think you're better than everyone else.” He looks down at Sphinx as he stood by Julia.

“No, I’m just better than a jackass like you.” Julia was ready to punch Joseph, but she was holding back from doing it.

Sphinx had stood when Julia did and was waiting by her side with a slight growl coming from him.

Joseph just turns around and walks out of the squad room. He’ll get even with the bitch and make her pay for embarrassing him at the academy. He walks out to the parking lot and spots her SUV. He copies down her license plate and leaves. He was going to get even with her.
Julia grabs her purse and with Sphinx following her. Heads out to her assigned SUV and drive home. When she gets home, she spots her father out back near the swimming pool with Selina, Gina, her Uncles and her mother.

She joins them out by the pool “what, you guys couldn’t wait for me?”

Julia hugs her father and everyone else before she sits down next to Gina. She watches as Sphinx runs off to play with his brother and their sire. She accepts the drink her mother gives her.

“Thanks, mom.” Julia still found it weird calling her Aunt Debbie, mom.

“How would you like your steak, Julia?” Jack looks over towards his daughter.

“Medium rare, dad.” Julia pops open the beer she had been given.

“So, how was work today?” Gina looks over towards her older sister.

Ever since Jack adopted the two of them. She and Julia have grown close as sisters. There wasn’t anything the two of them wouldn’t do for each other.

“Well, I killed three out of four people that were trying to kill me. I found out who had hired them to kill me. All I need to do now is track the DEA agent that put the hit on me and Sphinx. I need to bring his sorry ass in for justice.” Julia still couldn’t believe a DEA agent had tried to kill her.

Jack had been listening to his daughter while grilling the steaks. Since he adopted Julia and Gina he has always protected them. When Julia wanted to join the police force to help people.

He knew he couldn’t protect her anymore. He trained her and Gina to the standards most MI 5 and 6 agents were. He wanted to train her to be an assassin like Anika, Bart, Cheshire and he was. However, since she wanted to be a cop. He felt she wouldn’t need those skills to do that type of work, but he did train her on what to look for.

“Do you have any leads on where this DEA is hiding?” Jack looks over towards Julia as he flips her steak.

“I haven’t started looking yet, dad. I managed to find out who he was just before I left the precinct.” Julia had printed out his information and had it in her purse.

“Julia, do you have that information with you?” Jack knew someone in the DEA that could help his daughter.

“Yes, sir.” Julia was watching her father.

“Come to my office after dinner.” Jack starts placing the steaks on the platter.

“Yes, sir.” Julia takes her steak and places it on her plate.

“Sis, do you know why they are trying to kill you?” Gina was curious why someone wanted to kill her sister.

“To be honest? The only thing I can think of is that I and Sphinx have been cutting into their drug business. I’ve been called several times to have Sphinx sniff out the drugs they have been shipping into Montana and up to Canada.” That was the only thing Julia could figure out.

“Well, whatever the reason. You need to find the jerk and bring him to justice.” Gina didn’t like it when someone went after her family.

“Don’t worry sis. Whoever the prick is, I’ll bring him in to face justice.” Julia was going to make sure she brought the prick in alive.

Julia heads towards her father’s office after dinner. She knew if anyone could track someone down, it would be her father. She pulls the printout out to give to her father.

Jacks sits down at his desk and holds out his hand towards his daughter. Julia puts the printout in his hand. Jack looks at it for the name of the agent and calls his buddy.

Julia watches and listens while her father phones and talks to someone named Erin. It sounded like the two of them knew each other rather well. He writes something down on a notepad and after making a promise to drop in sometime. He says goodbye.

“There you go, Julia. You’ll find your perp at that address.” Jack looks at his daughter.

“How did you find him so fast dad?” Julia couldn’t believe it.

“Erin use to work with your person and knew he has been handling drug shipments for the Sesseri Syndicate. The DEA has been waiting for a chance to bust him but, haven’t been able too. Since he took a contract out on you. He can finally be put in jail. Why don’t you go and arrest him now?” Jack knew if she didn’t he would go after him for trying to kill his daughter.

“Thanks, dad.” Julia gives him a kiss as she whistles for Sphinx.

She runs towards her SUV and heads towards the address, after calling for back-up. Just as she pulls up where Anthony Temes lives. She
spots him trying to get away as she pulls up to his address. She blocks him from leaving and jumps out of her SUV with Sphinx hot on her heels.

“Get out of the car Mr. Temes, you’re under arrest.” Julia had her gun drawn and aimed at him.

Anthony couldn’t believe the person he wanted to kill was arresting him right now. He gets out of the car. As his hand was moving towards his weapon, he hears a growl coming from the wolf standing next to her.

Julia holsters her weapon and turns Mr. Temes around. She pushes him up against his car and handcuffs him. She searches him for any weapons or drugs he may have on him. She does find several baggies of Ice per measured out and in his pockets. She bags everything and has him toss into a patrol car.

She follows behind the patrol car as he is taken to the precinct. She was going to make sure he arrived safely and was jailed. She spends two hours making sure the paperwork and everything were done properly, and her report reflected why he was being jailed.

Once the paperwork is done. Her and Sphinx head out to the SUV. She yawns as she approaches her assigned SUV. She couldn’t wait to get home. It was almost 11:00pm.

She starts heading towards home. She was half-way home when smoke starts coming out of the engine and from under the dash inside the SUV. She coasts to the side of the road as smoke continued to pour from under the hood of the SUV.

It fills the SUV as Sphinx jumps out of the SUV. Julia hears Sphinx yelp, as he falls to the ground. Julia runs over to Sphinx to check him out.
As she is checking him, a set of bright lights blind her, and she gets hit in the chest. Whatever hit her in the chest, knocks her down to the ground.

Several guys come over. They start kicking and punching her. The training her father gave her kicks in and she fights back. She kicks one of her attackers in his groin so hard, she sends him stumbling backward holding his groin.

She slams her fist into one person’s throat. She kicks another guy in his groin like the first guy. The rest of the guys she hurts so badly, that they were going to spend weeks in the hospital. As she was standing next to SUV hurting and bleeding from her nose.

“You just won’t die, you bitch.” Officer Henderson comes walking into the light with a huge bowie knife in his hand.

Julia goes to grab her gun, but during the fight. She must have lost her gun. Her own personal knife was in the SUV under her seat.

“What’s a wrong bitch, you need your gun to fight me?” Henderson knew he had the upper hand.

“I don’t need my weapon to take your ass down.” Julia grabs her Maglite to use it to defend herself with.

Henderson lunges at her with his knife and strikes her across her chest. He feels his blade cut across her vest. He reels backward as Julia’s fist connects with his face.

He tries again and manages to cut across her arm. He swings again and cuts her higher up on the arm.

Julia swings her Maglite and connects with his arm. She manages to stomp on his foot as hard as she could, as she digs her heel into his
boots. She uses her Maglite to block a strike to her body with the knife.

Henderson strikes again, trying to stab her in her stomach with his blade, but is blocked by the Maglite. He screams as he feels her foot dig into the top of his foot. He tries to stab her again, but she traps his arms and manages to disarm Henderson. She takes his knife away from him and then shove it up from under his chin and into his head. She lets go as he collapses to the ground.

Julia falls to the ground and drags herself over to her SUV. She looks down at her leg and spot blood coming from a wound she hadn’t noticed.
She pulls her cell phone out and calls her father.

Jack shows up and scoops Julia up. He lays her on the passenger seat, after leaning it backward. He goes and checks on Sphinx and puts
him in the back seat of the hummer. He rushes Julia to the hospital. He places a call to some of his security personnel and has them come up and stand guard over Julia after she comes out of surgery.

When Julia wakes-up a few hours later. She notices her father, Uncles, sister, and mother looking at her. Her hand was being held by Debbie.

“Well, look who decided to wake-up.” Robert was standing near the door watching his niece as she slept.

Her injuries weren’t too bad, but they needed medical attention. Her chest was wrapped up. She had a couple of cracked ribs. They had to stitch-up her right hand and forearm. The wound on her leg was caused by a knife.

Julia just sticks out her tongue at her Uncle Robert.

Robert just smiles at her antics. She might be an adult now, but she still acts like a child.

Debbie wakes-up and looks at her daughter. She was worried when Jack came home and told them that Julia was in the hospital. Once Jack told her what happened after he had looked around. He called Julia’s Captain and informed him about what happened.

After a few days in the hospital. They allowed Julia to go home. She did have a person from Internal Affairs visit her to find out why she killed officer Henderson. Once she explained everything to them and found not guilty. She would be allowed to go back to work once she was healed.

Gina was nervous as she stood in formation with the rest of the new recruits. She felt naked without Cadmus with her. Even though she has had five years to overcome what was done to her. She never feels safe unless Cadmus, her father or her big sister was near her. Her father had talked her into taking the paramilitary course his company offered in Scotland during the winter months.

He told her that if she was going to be running the private security contracting company he was putting her in charge of. She needed to know everything about the company. That included the training at several of the companies paramilitary training camps.

She shivers as the wind blows through her. The squad she was in had twenty-four people and of the twenty-four people. There were only four females in the squad, including herself. The training instructor she had worked for her father. The two of them had been soldiers together when he served in the British military. She knew her father was a former SAS solider before he joined MI6.

The paramilitary camp she had been sent to, was a combination of SAS training and Green Beret training. The people who ran the facilities were handpicked and recruited by her father. Only special recruits and clients were sent to this training camp.

No one knew she was the daughter of the owner. Her father had created a cover identity for her. Her job was to evaluate and experience the training for herself. If she survived the training, then she would be assigned to Alpha team and serve a year with them over in Afghanistan.

For the next sixteen weeks, she is put through hell. The instructors her squad are trained by, push them hard. If she hadn’t survived what was done to her when she was younger. She might not be able to survive what they were putting her squad through.

That included the interrogation training she received. Because of her past, there was nothing they could do to her to get her to reveal anything.
Even when they used truth drugs on her, she fought them and gave them misleading info.

When it came to the hand-to-hand training, she beats the crap out of her instructors. Her father had said to hide the combat training he had given her, but the instructors had made her so mad. That she forgot what he told her and cut loose with what she knew.

When she was called to the Commanders office, they asked her where she had learned what she knew. Gina explained that she had taken several different Martial Arts training since she was a child and her father was a special forces instructor. She used her fake background to cover her misjudgment.

Commander Murray just looks at the oriental woman standing before him. He had done a background check on her and there was nothing in her files about prier martial arts training. However, it didn’t mean she didn’t have it.

“You can return to your quarters recruit.” Commander Murray was going to dig a little deeper into this woman’s background.

Gina heads back to the quarters she was sharing with one other woman. She couldn’t believe that out of the twenty-four people who had been
in her squad. They were down to only four people. Two guys and one other woman. The only reason the other girl had done as well as she had. She was a former Marine. She had done four years and got out. She found it hard out in the civilian world after being sent overseas.

“What did the Commander wanted to see you about?” Benedetta was curious. Normally, when a recruit was sent to the commander’s office. It meant they were leaving and she didn’t think her roommate would be quitting so soon.

“He wanted to know where I learned to fight.” Gina strips out of her clothes and head towards the showers.

She was lucky she had gotten over people seeing her naked when she was in High School. It took courage on her part to allow others to see her naked. Clothes to her meant safety and were like an armor suit to her. The only person besides her family and sister she felt being naked around was her boyfriend Arnold.

They have been boyfriend and girlfriend since high school. The night they had the sleep over, had been when she knew he was the person she wanted to marry. They dated all throughout high school and she saw him off as he flew to Boston to study law. They stayed in touch and every so often her father would fly her out to Boston to be with him.

Upon her graduation, Gina and Jack reveal her identity to the Commander. They explained why she had enter the training under false pretense. When she sees Cadmus, she gives him the most loving hug. She missed her wolf and didn’t want to be separated from him again.

She had a few days to herself before she leaves to go to Afghanistan. She spends the time visiting her favorite places. Her father helps her pack what she was going to need. She knew Julia was starting her police training and wishes she was going to be around while her big sister was going through her training. Cadmus was coming with her.

She was going to spend a year over in Afghanistan with Alpha team. Because of Cadmus military training by her father. She was receiving extensive and intense bomb training. The body armor she and Alpha team were given were new full body armor from Jack’s company. Including their vehicles, communication systems and weapons.

The first six months Gina is over in Afghanistan. Alpha team is deployed to protect private contractors rebuilding a town. Their job was to provide protection for the construction crew. She is partner with a guy from Scotland.

Ewan Swinton had been informed that Gina Bounty was the owner's daughter and that her wolf was military trained. He could detect explosives and that Ms. Bounty herself had been trained to disarmed bombs. He didn’t mind being partner up with her and he was instructed not to show her any favors either. She was to be treated like any other newbie that joined the group.

Their job was to search all materials and vehicles entering and leaving the town. All roads leading in and out of the city had guards protecting them. Ewan watches as his partner was scanning a truck coming into the town. Her wolf was walking around the vehicle, when it stops all of sudden and starts growling.

He keeps the crowd back, while he watches Gina look where Cadmus had started growling.

Gina had been walking around the truck coming into the town and was stopped at the check point to be stopped. She was walking Cadmus around the truck coming in when he started growling.

She kneels and looks under the truck. At first, she doesn’t spot anything out of the ordinary. Until she looks closer and spot an object taped to the bottom of the frame. She leans forwards carefully and notices it was just a package, not a bomb. She pulls several blocks off the frame. There had to be at least four blocks secured to the frame.

“Hey partner. This guy is trying to smuggle drugs into the town.” Gina stands up holding four blocks of heroin and looks over towards Ewan.

Ewan walks over towards Gina to see what she had in her hands. He could tell as he got closer that she was holding four brown bricks in her hands. He walks up to the cab and pull the driver out and arrest him. He notices that Cadmus stays close to Gina and was always alert. That was the one thing he noticed about her wolf. He was always close to her. He never left her side.

The rest of their shift, they don’t encounter any problems.

As they are heading back to where they were staying “how come your wolf stays so close to you?”

Gina scratches Cadmus head between his ears “he’s been my bodyguard and teddy bear since I first got him. He’s very protective of me.”

“How come?” Ewan was still confused.

“It’s the type of bound me and him have. He chose me to always protect and care for.” Gina slips a piece of his favorite treat to him.

Ewan just looks down at Cadmus as he walks next to her without a leash. He was still amazed at how well behave and trained Cadmus was.
He knew most trained dogs like Cadmus were kept on a leash, but the only time Gina ever puts a leash on Cadmus if they were going somewhere she needed to make other people feel safe around Cadmus.

They head back to the hotel they were staying at. The hotel had been purchased/lease by her father’s company. They check in with the officer on duty and head towards the dining room to grab some dinner.

Gina pulls a prepared meal out of a pouch on her backpack. The meal itself was ones she prepared for Cadmus. She never feeds him anything they ate. All the meals she had for Cadmus were brought with her, in the supplies, her father packed for her. Until they go upstairs to her room. She keeps Cadmus body armor on him.

“Why do the contractors around here think they can pull the wool over our eyes?” Gina was trying to figure that out. Why some of the contractors they have encounter lately, thought they could sneak things pass Cadmus.

This was the sixth time a contractor thought they could sneak drugs into town. Gina walks through the line and fills her tray with food from buffet style they had set-up. Her father’s company thought of everything and made sure their people were taken care of. She walks back towards her table where she shared it with three other members of Alpha team. Cadmus was eating his food.

“Hey Gina, how long have you had Cadmus?” Johnathan was curious. He normally didn’t eat with Gina and her partner, but there weren’t any other tables available.

“Cadmus has been my protector for six years now.” Gina takes a bite of the food she picked.

“What do you mean he’s been your protector for the past six years?” The rest of the guys at her table were curious now.

Gina looks at all of them “back when I was thirteen years old, I was kidnapped and tortured by a sick bastard. Mr. Bounty found me and my older sister. He adopted us and gave us the offspring from Chaos as pets. Cadmus chose me, while Sphinx chose my sister Julia. Since I came to live and be adopted by Mr. Bounty. Cadmus has always been by my side.”

Gina eats her dinner. She wishes the bastard that kidnapped her, and Julia was still alive, so she could show him how it felt if to be violated.
Her father shouldn’t had shot his groin off first. He should had kept him around longer to be tortured.

Once Gina has finished her dinner. She heads up to her room and composes an email to her family. She uses the secure account she has and transmits her email to her family. After she finishes doing that, she heads into the bathroom and takes a cold shower. She was happy to be out of her full suit of body armor and she knew Cadmus was happy to be out of his as well. She got an email from Arnold telling her that he passed several of his major tests. He misses her and can’t wait, till he passes the bar exam, so they could get married.

She checks her weapons to make sure they were clean and functional. Ever since she has gone through the paramilitary training at her father’s training facilities. She got into the habit of checking her weapons all the time. She had a pair of silk pajamas instead of what she normally wore to bed. This way, if someone decided to attack the hotel they were in, she could respond quickly.

Two Months Later:
The entrance that her and her partner Ewan guard comes under attack. She uses the training she received and the training she received from her father to protect herself and Cadmus. They were launching mortars at their location.

Gina tries to calculate where the mortar attacks were coming from. She takes her grenade launcher and fires several rounds toward the areas she figures the mortars were coming from. Several other members of Alpha team come and join her and her partner. She hears Cadmus growl and he takes off towards a few people trying to sneak past them during the confusion. He attacks one person, while the others that were there trying to attack him.

Gina spots Cadmus fighting one person. Several others turn their weapons towards Cadmus. She shoots each of them between the eyes with her rifle. She wasn’t going to give them a chance to hurt her best friend.

The fighting stops after a while. Her and Cadmus go out along with several other alpha members to check who they killed. If any of them were still alive, they were to bring them back for medical treatment and later interrogate them. They did capture a few that weren’t to badly hurt. The interrogator asks Gina if she wouldn’t mind using Cadmus to make the guy talk. There was no way they have ever encounter someone like him before. Which meant there was no way they could use their belief that he wasn’t a demon dog sent to eat them.

Gina has seen her father use this same technique with Chaos and didn’t see why it wouldn’t work with Cadmus. He was bigger then any normal wolf and he could be very intimidated. She walks into the interrogation room with Cadmus off his leash.

She looks at the guy sitting at a table. She had her poker face on.

“Tell me how many members are in your group and where are you hiding at?” Gina gives the hand signal to Cadmus to sit.

The guy ignores her. He doesn’t even bother to say anything to her or acknowledge her presence.

“It’s alright if you ignore me. You’re just a stinking, stupid butt sniffing Afghan that likes screwing little boys. You fear women because they are smarter than ass wipes like you.” She just smiles at him.

“شما فقط یک فاحشه فاسد آمریکایی هستید که نجس.” He looks at Gina with an evil look on his face.

“آیا شما صادقانه اعتقاد دارید من نمی فهمم که شما چه” Gina responds back in his native language.

Aryo couldn’t believe this infidel woman spoke his language.

“Surprised that I understood you? Well, here’s another lesson in languages.” Gina looks down at Cadmus.

“Ionnsaigh!”

Cadmus grabs Aryo’s leg. He clamps down hard on his leg.

Aryo screams when he feels the demon dog that had been standing next to the infidel woman. The dam demon had his teeth sunk to the bone in his right leg. He ahs never seen a dog as big as this one or as black as well.

“Now, if you don’t want my demon dog to eat you, which he might do any way. Your going to tell me everything I want to know.” She leans in close to his face.

Aryo just spits into Gina’s face.

“Nas cruaidhe!” Cadmus tightens his hold on Aryo leg and shakes it.

Gina just smiles. She walks around and pulls his chair out and make sure his legs are open.

“You know something. Maybe you would be better as a girl, instead. That way you could experience what it means to be rape and mistreated like women.” Gina whistles to Cadmus to get him to release.

Cadmus releases and walks around till he is standing before Aryo. Blood was dripping from his mouth. He was snarling as he stood before him.

“You have to the count of three, before I let him eat you. 1, 2, “

“صحبت خواهم کرد” Aryo didn’t want to be eaten by a dam demon dog.

“He’s all yours, Art.” Gina opens the door and watch as Art comes in to ask the question.

When Aryo doesn’t want to answer a question, she gives Cadmus the signal to growl to intimidate him. Afterwards, she heads out with
Cadmus and throws up in the bathroom. She knew what torture was like.

Four months later, last week in Afghanistan:
“Can’t wait to be State side, Gina?” Ewan had seen that Gina couldn’t wait to leave. He had seen her grow while she has been here with him.

Gina was excited that she just had this week to get through and her tour in Afghanistan would be over. Her father promises that he would personally fly over and pick her up. She couldn’t wait to visit her favorite places and eat Selina’s cooking again and see her sister.

“Yes, I can’t wait, till this week is over with. My father is going to fly over and personally fly me home. He’s bring Chaos with him as well.” Gina wanted to see how everyone reacted when they saw Chaos.

For the next few days, everything is quiet. Gina couldn’t wait to leave. She would miss all of Alpha team, but she was reassured she’ll meet them again. She has come to think of Alpha team as her friends and would do anything for them.

On Gina’s final day. Her father shows up with Chaos by his side. He was wearing the same type of body armor as all of Alpha team. When
Chaos jumps out of the hummer her father had taken from the airport. Alpha team sees the difference between Chaos and Cadmus.

“Dam! You should had brought that wolf, instead of yours.” Ewan and the commander of Alpha team couldn’t believe the size of the two wolves.

“He belongs to my father. He only takes orders form him.” Gina scratches Chaos between his ears.

He wouldn’t bite her, but he only responded to Jack. Jack goes to talk to the Commander of Alpha team, while Gina and Ewan load her stuff in the hummer. She had gotten a list of things all the members wanted her to send back to them. She takes one more look around at everything she was leaving behind her.

Now she knew why her father wanted her to experience what she was going to be in control of. While she has been stationed here in
Afghanistan, she has disarmed several IDE’s and busted several contractors for buying drugs from Isis and Al-Qaeda people.

Once she is back on the family jet and heading home to Montana. She sits in the back of the jet with her father and the wolves.

“Do you understand why I wanted you to serve for a year with Alpha team?” Jack had a whiskey in his hand.

“Yes sir. How can I properly run the company, if I don’t understand what the company does? Plus, I’m betting you wanted me to learn how to better protect myself as well.” Gina was drinking a nice cold Pepsi.

She saw the smile that appeared on her father's face. She had answered his question properly.

Gina slowly falls asleep as they fly back to the ranch. She uses Cadmus as a pillow to rest her head on.

Jack just looks at his daughter and felt proud of her. He remembers how scared and frightens she had been at one time. Now, she was a tough woman who can take care of herself. He drinks his whiskey and just watches over his little girl.