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Tolanced at Elizabeth Her cheeks turned rosy

"Anyway this really nosy guy approached us Asked why the wo so much attention Naturally, we tried to s hunter’s spray like ere And he was covered up like ere Not that it wasn’t cold, but it just see his identity fro into a white ht after that, we heard that so around and questioned staff to see if she would be all right We knew that you were interested in her and were ready to hunt down the dude who had pushed her, hoping that etting back in with the pack But eren’t able to track him, and then Elizabeth left town, so ere back to square one"

"So ere you doing out here, then?" To in the area We knew Elizabeth had left on a plane in a real hurry, and I wondered why, seeing how close you two had become in such a short time When I heard the sound of a plane in trouble, I knew I shouldn’t mess with it because I was in my wolf coat, but… you knoe are Too curious for our own good

"When I searched for survivors, I s for her Between the two of us, I figured we’d find her Then you did I wanted in the worst way to learn if she would be all right I caather wood You know the rest"

"Did you mess with the latch on the cabin’s outdoor shutters?"

"I thought I could peek in and see that she was all right Even though you’d et her to the cabin, I still didn’t know if she had made it The damn latch was frozen shut and I had to jiht if I left the shutters open, you would colimpse of her I… didn’t mean to bend the latch"

"Damn, CJ You could have just knocked on the door Where are your brothers now?"

"I don’t knohere they are If we head for Silver Toe may never run into them"

"If we did try to make it into town and they found us before we reached it, ould they do?"

"Help us, I’ Or didn’t knohat his brothers were really up to

"Thanks, Tolanced at Elizabeth "I’ht you’d be hurt We should have killed that guy at the watering hole e had the chance"

Chapter 22

Much later that night, Elizabeth helped Tom make up the foldout sofa bed for CJ to sleep on after they’d fed him and were ready to retire "Maybe he should sleep in the bedroom," Elizabeth said "If this bed is too lumpy, maybe he’d be more co to sound gruff and mean, like his cousin was still on his bad side, but she kneasn’t so

Todoing, and she guessed CJ had been a good friend growing up Finding friends like that was difficult, and she didn’t want Tom to lose hi will ht If he could sleep--"

"In here" Torinned "You can’t put on the tough-guy show for her, Tom, and not tell her your reasons"

Elizabeth raised her brows at To about?"