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"No"

"Co," Tom said to the teens

Elizabeth tried to reht before the skier shoved her She’d taken a picture of the man who had acted so hostile toward her on the chairlift He’d taken off from the lift and headed for the slope By the ti down it He’d stopped and peered up at her, as if checking to see if she was photographing hiuy in the chair behind theuy’s friend, and thehim That would make more sense But if they were ski buddies, why hadn’t the two et you to the base of the mountain and our first-aid hut," To war in the blanket

She had to ad annoyed they’d uys were all cute The ski patrollers, the teens, the sheriff And as wiped out as she felt, she would have had a really tough ti it down the slope on her own--and very likely would have taken another spill

"Do you suspect that the eted you specifically?" To about her uncle, could he?

Toht We’ll discuss it ht you orking until sunset," Peter said "I can follow her to the hospital"

"I’ve got it covered Jake’s co to relieve me," Tom said

Radcliff shook his head "You notice how the brothers stick together?"

Yeah, Elizabeth thought, and they ether to kick her out of the territory when Tom’s brothers learned what she was

Toations Skiers and snowboarders knocked others down on the slopes all the ti except that they were out of control and practicing unsafe skiing or snowboarding Since she wasn’t from here, he didn’t think she’d have any enemies Unless she’d annoyed someone on the slope, and Toet to the bottom of this Peter would handle it from a police perspective, while Tom would stay on top of it from a pack sub-leader point of view

He took hold of the trace of the toboggan while Keuide it down the trails The patrollers all preferred grabbing the trace rather than the tail rope to transport a patient The lead was responsible for prie in speed and direction In other words, he was in charge, which was the way Tom liked it

The tail operator usually wasn’t needed much unless the trail was particularly steep, as this one was, and then he ht also be needed to observe the patient’s status, though in this case, Elizabeth wasn’t in any kind of life-threatening condition Peter pulled that duty instead of being the tail operator, trying to stay close to the toboggan and still interested in the she-wolf, To traffic, as well as keeping the rope under proper tension and parallel to the fall line to halt the toboggan immediately if necessary

To the steepest parts of the descent while side-slipping down the ripped the tail rope with both hands, underhanded, through the loop at the end He matched Tom’s speed

"You okay?" Toot them off the expert trail, he eased them onto Fox Run, an intermediate slope

The teens skied past thean and Radcliff skied next to it The ski patrollers got another eency call and Radcliff answered it He waved at Touy juo"

To of ski pass," Kemp said cheerfully