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Half-hidden in the shadows of the shed, the security light revealed a wolf sitting, watching the house
A shiver stole up her spine Was it the one that had knocked Rourke out and come after her? No, this one didn’t have any blood on his nose She squinted her eyes, trying to get a better look Its darker gray fur blended with beige and its snout had the sae on top, white underneath Was he the one that Hunter said attacked the other then?
Maybe Hunter was right She wouldn’t want anyone to shoot a good aniet a closer look The animal’s ears twitched and his eyes focused on her He didn’t seem vicious, but he was still feral
She closed theand returned to the living roo to wake hilassy He closed his eyes anddown the fever Hunter!"
Rourke touched her ar?" he asked, his voice ragged with sleep
"He’s burning up and I can’t get hi for it"
"Here, let me" Rourke helped Hunter sit up and forced the pill down his throat, but Hunter growled and bit hier free "Hell, Hunter, I’et some antibiotics for that Jeez What next?" Tessa asked
"I just hope to hell the wolf that bit him didn’t have rabies" Rourke helped Hunter lie back down and joined Tessa in the kitchen "He seeht"
"Restlessly" She washed Rourke’s finger in the sink and glanced out theNo sign of the wolf "Hunter broke the skin"
"I noticed Here I get off pretty easily by surviving the wolf attack, resulting in only a lu as a melon on the back of my head and one hell of a headache, and the ex–Navy SEAL bites me instead"
"You can write it in your er in antibacterial ointe around it "At this rate, I’ to have to buy a whole lot more medical supplies By the way, I saw one of those wolves out back" She got Rourke a couple of pills for his headache
He leaned against the sink and peered out the"I don’t see anything but snow"
"He’s gone now, but it’s not the one who attacked us He had a bloody nose This one didn’t have a et aithout a scratch?"
"Maybe it was hurt somewhere I couldn’t see I just knoasn’t the one that caet back to sleep?"
Rourke took the pills, drowned the roo for a while? I’ll watch Hunter and the house for a couple of hours"
She ran her hand over Hunter’s temple, his face flushed and sweaty "I hope the roads are clear enough in theto have to chance taking Hunter to the clinic"
Everyone was fast asleep when the doorbell rang at six in the rave; vu Iht from the sofa opposite the one Hunter slept on Rourke opened a sleepy eye as he lay back on the recliner Hunter continued to sleep, his face still red
She studied the door "If there’s no one there, I’et it," Rourke offered, pulling the blanket off his lap
"No Last time you did, it was a disaster Are… are you okay? You look a little feverish"
The doorbell rang again
Tessa rushed to peek through the peephole "Oh, hell," she whispered "It’s Ashton and he’s got a rifle"
Rourke hurried to join her "Since Ashton got here safe and sound, et Hunter to the hospital"
"He’s got a gun!"
"He won’t knohat hit hirabbed the fireplace poker, and then rejoined Tessa at the front door "Okay, open it"
"You’re not going to hit hi to persuade him to let us use his truck so we can take Hunter in for heavy-duty antibiotics and sutures"
Ashton rang the doorbell again
"Hide the poker behind your back and don’t hit hiree to help us"