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"Not yet Butto believe me" Carol studied Lelandi’s petite fra it would be before she began to show Soon, she iined, with triplets on the way

"Did you tell Darien about the babies?" Then it dawned on Carol:visions Lelandi had uessed before we had the games He wasn’t happy that I had tried to keep it secret froht have been hurt Or the babies would have been So he told all the guys in a specialthat if they as much as made a hint of a move in my direction, he’d oust theaht injure lanced back at her "During the ga me because I’m Darien’s ave Carol another ainning smile "Alphas are like that" She turned around and headed across the great rooine Ryan will be the saed "Things wouldn’t work out between us" Then she frowned "Who else knows that Ryan slept with ine at least half of the pack Maybe more Tom was pretty incensed about it When he talked to Jake, he didn’t get the support he wanted, so he spoke to Darien and Saoes She h She wanted to warn the wolves of our pack that if they desired having you for aabout it If Ryan wants you, sa on his laurels"

Incredulously, Carol shook her head

"I’m serious" Lelandi pointed to the sunroolass or ceramic vases, brass pots, and baskets filled with flowers Rosie, at the flower shop? She called and gave me a list of naled it out of her"

Carol sighed "Isn’t anything sacred?"

"Rarely, in a pack You knoho didn’t send you flowers?"

"Tom, Jake, and Ryan"

"Two of the three did I have to tell you, I was pretty darned amused"

Carol pulled Lelandi to a stop outside the kitchen where the men’s conversation had died She’d made out Darien and his brothers, Ryan, Sa in the room before they heard Lelandi and Carol’s conversation

Lelandi’s expression brightened "Everyone but Ryan sent you flowers Sure sign he’s in love Darien did the same with me when I was injured"

Ryan and everyone else in the kitchen had to have heard as said Every inch of Carol’s skin heated with iven her flowers--she figured Ryan wasn’t a romantic--but who had… Tom and Jake

Lelandi leaned over and whispered to Carol, "Jake didn’t give ured he was too cheap" She straightened "So there ave her a conspiratorial wink, and Carol realized Lelandi was doing herwith Silva and Sam

But what if Ryan and she were already a match? Or maybe this was just a test on his part See if the feht for the alpha ain that she really didn’t understand this olf business as ht decisions fro with unwanted jitters, she walked into the kitchen

Ryan instantly caught her eye, and as hot as her face was, she had to have flushed crimson

Chapter 14

WELL, THAT WAS ONE MESSED-UP OPERATION, NORTH thought to himself as he and two of histo come up with an alternative plan

"Hell, North You said that it would be a piece of cake That no one would even miss the red Shohat you know" Galahad, so naht who had been concerned about their pack’s direction while Bruin had run it,in the soil "Here’s the new plan We grab her at the hospital When she’s in the break roo Maybe when she’s in with a patient"

North shook his head "Miller won’t like it"