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Carol touched up her lips with a shiht as can be" Under the circuht, did you see any sign of a red wolf?"

Frowning, Carol walked out of the bathroom "No, why?"

"Have you had any premonitions that we’ve had trouble with a red wolf?"

"No" Lelandi’s worried voice concerned Carol What was up now?

Lelandi crossed the room to the door and opened it "Ryan clai our home Since there are only the two of us reds here, other than Doc…" Lelandi shrugged, but Carol could tell she was trying to hide her apprehension

"Would it have been your cousin, Ural?"

"No, I called him, and he’s still insome kind of hunter’s spray," Lelandi said

If it wasn’t Ural, was it someone else from Lelandi’s old pack? Someone who had survived the battle?

Carol opened herhow those who had atteht back a horrible flash of memory She claht she’d been bitten co back to her in an instant The red wolf’s wicked canines prirowl, the sharp teeth sinking in, the stabbing pain, the nu to hide a shudder, Carol opened her eyes and gave a wan s bitten"

Lelandi gave her a heartfelt hug and then pulled her to the door and into the hallway "That’s what I thought But Deputy Peter Jorgenson killed the wolf that bit you"

A deep frown ot the i else "Was there someone from your old pack as at the battle and survived?"

Lelandi stopped halfway down the hall and took a deep breath

"Connor Darien killed his twin brother Connor appeared har to watch Darien battle with o But later, we had word that during the battle another was downstairs called North, cousin of the one who bit you Like Connor, he gave up the fight and Jake let him leave"

A chill spiked up Carol’s spine "Would either of thee for their kin’s death?"

"Possibly"

But the way Lelandi said it as she headed down the stairs sounded enda

"What’s another possibility?"

Lelandi looked over her shoulder at Carol, her expression worried "Connor’s brother turned you, but he died Now either of the ht want to claim you, partly because you’re a red and partly because in the old days when a man needed a woman, and soed them Then they took the newly turned olf as a ed you, but you still don’t have ato the fae Of course, I’ here I have no idea if any of this is true"

Carol sed hard as uneasiness swept over her

"Another possibility is that it’s just a red ho sray territory and was curious about the two of us"

"Unlikely, right?" Carol asked Just the inflection in Lelandi’s voice told her Lelandi didn’t believe it

"You’re right The whole area is filled with gray lupus garous, which should be enough of a deterrent" Lelandi clasped Carol’s hand and squeezed reassuringly "Darien’s put out the word you’re to have a bodyguard at all tined up to take turns"

How could things get any worse?