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He considered the picture of the lupus garou again "Where did you get this photo?"

"I took it in California Right before he lunged at azine?" Rourke asked "Hell, Tessa, I told you not to take the job, but--"

"He looks just like the one that knocked Rourke out,"

Tessa continued, ignoring Rourke’s scolding "But he couldn’t be"

Hunter lied, "They can all look the same" Well, to an untrained eye, they could He and his kind easily distinguished the differences A change in the colors of the masks, or the patterns of coloration on the body and head Sos, but still anyone who observed theh could see the difference Personality-wise, they’d be totally dissi in the way Tessa looked at hi totally honest with him either

He wanted to knohatthe truth, or that he at least didn’t understand the truth She couldn’t know this as the same as the one she’d seen in California

But that he had followed her from California showed how determined he was to have her

"Have you seen the wolf that attacked us here before?" he asked

"In La Grande I’m pretty sure I took a photo of hiood shot of his face"

"Has to be another wolf," Rourke said "Don’t you think, Hunter? That’s a long ways for one to travel"

"Yeah" Hunter knew better When looking for mates, they’d travel for hed "Sure, but we need to take you to the doctor to see about your wound The animal was probably rabid" She looked up at hi like eht into his soul He didn’t think a huh if he had much to do with them, he probably wasn’t usually this beat up around them He touched her face and would have leaned down to kiss her as she crouched in front of him, but his shoulder hurt so much, he couldn’t bend if his life depended on it She stood and helped him into the flannel shirt

Then she kissed his lips, her touch velvety soft, heating his chilled blood "I’ll find soet you to the clinic"

He grasped her hand and squeezed tight "I won’t deny I’m bone weary, Tessa, but the animal didn’t have a case of rabies I’ll be fine in a day or two"

She glanced at Rourke as if looking for his support

"She’s right, Hunter That wound’s pretty nasty It’s going to need some sutures"

Hunter released Tessa’s hand "No" He closed his eyes and groaned as he tried to get comfortable She hurried to help hi fire "Just ’s locked up," he said "If we drove in this icy snowstoret to a doctor," Tessa whispered to Rourke

Hunter opened his eyes and scowled Since when did his word not mean the law? "No! I’ll be fine I heal fast Just let me sleep"

Tessa brushed away tears and then rushed back down the hallway He only realized then she had been fighting the He hadn’twith him Not that they would discover what he was Thank heavens the lupus garou genetics precluded that As a wolf, they had only wolf genes and as a hu how fast he healed Although as bad as the bite was, it would be a couple of days, maybe more, before it healed properly

Rourke tried his phone, but shook his head "Still no reception"

Tessa returned with an armload of blankets, a pillow, and the other wolf photo

Hunter studied the two photos Hell, it was the sao"

"Have you seen any wolves around here since then?"