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For some reason, Sally didn't think that was the end of it.

She moved back to the counter and resumed her work.

When she took her break, she got some food cooking for supper and sat down to finish her break with a cup of coffee.

Because of what had happened this morning and because it was just a smart idea, she kept the Tasers within easy reach.

It was fortunate because the front door blew open.

Two guys rushed in, and she nailed them, but she heard the back door blow as well.

“Harry, Harry, Harry!” Sally yelled.

Harry arrived looking flustered just as the inside door coming in from the back exploded. “Whoa!” She immediately began to change the four guys coming in from the back into frogs. “Wait a minute.” She cautioned Sally.

Moments later, a horde of haters came rushing in, and Harry got them all.

Now, the office smelled fishy because there were so many frogs hopping around.

Most of them were hopping around in circles, but a couple of them were trying to escape.

Harry moved her hands, and a cage appeared; then, all the frogs ended up in it.

It was a tight fit but no more than they deserved.

Setting off explosions like that could have killed someone, maybe even several people.

The terrorists had just stepped up their game.

The protections usually would stop anyone from physically hurting the building, but the explosion was too much for the magic to neutralize.

“What the hell happened here? They weren't doing anything that serious before. They are out to get you guys.” Harry observed.

“Tell me about it. I just got back to work, and suddenly, it's World War III.

They tried to get easily, and when that didn't work, they waited a little while so I would let my guard down, and then they blew open the door.

I was able to take care of the two guys that came in, but then I could hear the back door exploding.

That's when I decided I had to call you. I thought you would like a little excitement anyway.”

“A little, but that was a whole lot and very unexpected. Now, we will have to take extra measures to safeguard this office. It takes a lot of magic to cancel out a bomb. I'm starving now. Do you have any food?”

“I can always find food for you, Harry. Why don't you sit down, and I'll get you a plate.” Sally offered.

Some of the food was prepared more quickly and was served first, and she filled Harry's plate with that.

After she had the food in front of Harry, then she went ahead and filled up a plate for herself and got them drinks.

Sally had to admit that all this action had taken it out of her, and she needed to eat something, too.

“I'll have to get back soon, but if you can get me more food, I'll try to set up a little bit of security and magically fix the doors. The bosses will be so upset when they hear about this because they thought the terrorists were finally backing off a little bit. How can they get so many guys when everyone hears what happens to them? This is such a mess.” Harry lamented.

“You're telling me. I'm going to be stuck in the middle of this.”

Harry shot a sad look at her. She began to wave her hands around, and the doors came back together, and everything was cleaned up in no time.

Sally began to fix plates because Harry would need at least two full plates to take back that kind of energy.

She knew that as soon as Harry was done eating, she would flash away.

It was hard to blame her because she was one busy witch.

With the plates in front of her, Harry began to eat, and Sally imagined she could just see the energy flowing back into her.

It wasn't long before Harry waved at her and disappeared.

She took the frogs with her, and Sally was glad about it because it would take a while for the bad smell to disappear.

Sally needed to get back to work, set up some appointments, and prepare the lists so that they would be easy to print out tomorrow.

The number of locations that required security installation was overwhelming because they had received another wave of new customers.

There was no way to catch up when they continued to receive more and more customers yet still had the same number of people setting them up.

It was frustrating and overwhelming, but what could they say?

They simply had to work hard and try to accomplish everything.

She was in the middle of her paperwork when Xantos returned. Sally quickly explained what had happened because they weren't planning to tell the others. Just as she finished, some of the others arrived.

“Doesn’t look like you have as much as usual. You two got hungry today?” Renard asked.

"I'm not adjusted to being a wolf yet," Sally said with a smile.

You’re making me sound like a pig. Her wolf protested.

"If I didn't know better, I would think Harry had come by," he chuckled.

That made her wonder if he knew. She thought that he was close to Tyne, and that might mean he was getting information about what was happening there.

Since she wasn't sure, she just shrugged her shoulders and didn't answer the question at all.

Others came in, distracting them, and he overlooked the fact that she hadn't said a thing.

It was hard, walking this tightrope between what was going on and what she could tell others about it.

Why did everything have to be so complicated?

As bad as it was now, she had a feeling that it was only going to get worse.

Everyone had made it in, and at least none of the others had been attacked.

The office had been the only target for the day.

All of them ate their supper and then headed to the rooms. Even though they had gotten to know each other somewhat, they didn't tend to hang out in the evenings, and that was true at most of the offices that Wolf Security ran in Alaska.

Many of those who were here were hiding something, and that meant they didn't want to get too close to their coworkers.

They all turned in for the night, and it wasn't until the morning that she would see any of the others except her mate.

“Maybe the bosses should tell our coworkers that the danger has escalated," Sally observed.

“It's not our decision to make. I'm not sure if anyone who's not at the office will be in the same kind of danger. That is probably what Tyne believes to be true.”

“What if he's wrong?”

“Let's hope he's not wrong. Don't you want to get some sleep?” Xantos asked.

They once again skipped the sex and cuddled in bed and fell asleep and were lucky enough to sleep deeply all night long.

In the morning, all the worries and concerns of the day before hitting them again.

They rushed to get ready, and Sally wished she had woken up just a little bit earlier so she could have had his breakfast prepared before they went downstairs.

She knew she would feel rushed all day long, and that was on top of feeling worried that someone would attack her.

She prepared his breakfast as quickly as possible and placed his plate in front of him, then turned to her own and the rest of their crew.

The basic bacon and egg breakfast with hash browns was quick, and she got it done before everyone else made it downstairs.

By the time they came downstairs, she was sitting across from her mate, and they were eating breakfast together even though he was almost done.

As usual, he was the first one out the door to get his truck ready, and he came back in and got his list. The others trailed behind but were also gone in no time.

Sally wondered if she would be better off being out in the field than here in the office waiting to be attacked.

That was probably something she shouldn't worry about since they were going to be gone within a couple weeks.

They would have different things to worry about, and who knew what they would have to deal with.

She could only hope that it would be something that they could handle.

Sally was in the middle of paperwork when Harry appeared. She almost jumped in the air until she realized who it was.

“I’m here to give you some information. Tyne is moving things up. Something smells good. Is it the chicken and dumplings?” Harry asked.

“Yes, and I can fix a big bowl for you while you tell me whatever Tyne wants me to know.”

“I already told you what Tyne wants you to know. That was the whole message.”

Sally hurried up and fixed a large bowl for Harry and, since it was nearly lunchtime, a smaller bowl for herself.

She wished that Tyne and Moe were less secretive, but she decided they must have a good reason to keep those secrets.

This must have been something they were concerned about others finding out.