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CJ stared at the door, stillanywhere, Toreat chili you et you some in a minute" He closed the door, set the rifle on the dresser, then dressed He watched Elizabeth dig around in the bedsheets for the sweatpants she had been wearing "Showti that we don’t already know?"
"I sure hope so"
When they were both dressed, they left the bedroo ?" Elizabeth asked Tolass of water and a bowl of that chili, if you don’t et the his arms as he looked down at his cousin "What do you know about the wolves harassing the livestock?"
"I didn’t have any part of it"
Torunted
Elizabeth rejoined thelass of water CJ stared at Elizabeth as if seeing her for the first tih she was part coyote? CJ’s father had had issues with Lelandi being a red wolf and not gray, so lanced at Tom, then back at Elizabeth
"You know me from somewhere, don’t you?" Elizabeth asked quietly
That took the wind out of To at her
"Yeah Yeah, I do A long tio"
"When?"
CJ cleared his throat "I mean, at first I wasn’t sure I didn’t know you’re the one Toot interested in" He shook his head "But when I heard you talking about Bruin’s pack and… well,hole when that man nearly drowned you
"We didn’t knohat to do We weren’t in our territory, but we’d decided to take a swiling with souy Wethe creep would let you go After the guy took off, we followed him to make sure he didn’t come back"
Tom studied his cousin and couldn’t believe that at one time, CJ and his brothers had saved Elizabeth’s life
"Thanks," she said softly, "for co to my aid"
Tom scowled "You and your brothers should have killed the bastard"
"We weren’t in our territory If Bruin had learned ere there, he would have killed us You knohat he was like"
Tom shook his head "You should have killed him" Hell, if they had, Elizabeth would never have had all the troubles she’d had lately Then again, she probably wouldn’t have done the story on their ski resort if her oal hadn’t been to meet up with North To the livestock, then? The faret killed"
"Damn it, Tom You know my brothers ant to kill me"