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"Are we close to Silver Town?"

"Yes and no In this blizzard? With you feeling the way you do? No If we had snowmobiles or you could run as a wolf, not too far out"

Even though they couldn’t reach town easily right now, she was comforted by the fact it was nearby That was a first for her The toasn’t whatThe wolf pack that ran it bolstered her

If she didn’t hurt all over so et up and watch hiht on another wishful thought of bu athe moment

She noticed Toray wolf, delectable Why was he here all alone?

Then she thought about the first tie was stolen So was her ID She swore under her breath

"What’s wrong?" Toain, and I don’t even have anyto be a recurring nightmare

"Don’t worry about it We’ll take care of it when the time comes"

She got the distinct i her out of his sight again, not like the last tiht occurred to her, one e still alive?"

"No"

On the one hand, she didn’t want the to the door, arain, because she knew To to death was a fate she wouldn’t wish upon anyone, even criminals

She shouldn’t have fretted about them, not when she could have come to real harm--and would have, if not for Tom Would whoever had paid her kidnappers send others to search for her once they learned the plane wasn’t co? Maybe they’d think everyone had died in the plane crash Including her

If Toht back hoain?

"Elizabeth, don’t go to sleep onthe door and the wolf door He returned to the kitchen and finished heating up the chili, unable to quit worrying that she ht have more extensive injuries that could cause her real trouble

"I’ll try not to," she said

He wanted to get her to town, to the hospital, but traveling was too risky in this blizzard After she had been so cold, he couldn’t expose her to that again right away

He stirred the chili "So as the deal with these guys?"

"At first, I thought they had grabbed the wrong woman" Her voice soundedas much Good

"Do you knoho they were?"

"They were the men who made a scene in the Silver Town Tavern, the ones Darien told to leave"

"I thought I recognized theh they were pretty battered"

"One of them had ridden next to me on the ski lift Another pushed me down the slope The third broke into my room at the B and B They said two men paid for the job, but they didn’t knoho"

"So why did you leave Silver Town instead of staying and letting us deal with this?"