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At least he wasn’t talking about Ryan and her She raised a brow

"Puss Thanks sohim to stay with me He’ll contentedly sleep until he wants to roao back to sleep He’ll be fine" But that clinched the deal that Darien wasn’t fond of cats Probably a canine thing

"I won’t er shifts because I’ve failed to report to work Besides, Doc Weber said another four patients have shown up with cases of the flu Not the swine flu, thankfully, so no one needed overnight ado with you," Lelandi said "Just to hang around for a while until you’re through"

Carol buttered her bagel "Absolutely not I don’t want you couring it was going to take too long toan issue about her staying hoel in hand, she brushed past Jake, who shook his head

"What?" she asked him

"When the boss--that’s Darien--" Jake said in a sarcastic way, jerking his thuets it If he says you’re to stay home, it’s not open for debate" Jake picked up his plate and took it to the dishwasher

Darien gave a hint of a srabbed Ryan’s hand, while he stood in anticipation of her departure for the hospital

"I have uard Unless you or Tohtened on hers as if he wasn’t giving her up to anyone else’s protection She glanced up to see his expression He gave her lifted brows and a s wayher, as if he was thinking about what she was thinking about--and if she didn’t quit thinking about hi to do so peeved and pulling her attention away fro for Ryan to serve in that capacity" Darien cast a hard look at Mervin

Mervin appeared to still be in the doghouse over his accosting her the night before at the gathering

"So see? This way, Ryan will earn his pay If he got to loaf around your house, it would be like paying hi Ryan’s hand She wasn’t letting hio And his smile hinted at a darker secret and desire

"You stay with her even when she’s seeing a patient," Darien warned Ryan

He gave Darien adifferently"

Carol frowned, not believing Darien would suggest that "Patient privacy issues come into play here Policy dictates that Ryan can’t be in an exa a patient"

"Make up your ed in the matter "Either he stays with you at all times, or you remain home Your choice"

She let out her breath hard

"Doc can put you on olf cases only There won’t be any privacy issues then," Lelandi said, trying to sht You can’t be alone at any time"

Carol didn’t intend to be She planned to ured the red had given her And she’d give it right back if any of theain

"That should work," she said cheerfully, although if the workload was mostly human, she’d help out and Ryan could wait beyond the exam-room door, despite what everyone else said

"Ready?" she asked Ryan, tugging on his hand

He yanked out his keys "Let’s take care of your patients"

Jake pulled out his keys to his truck "I’ll follow, just in case"

"I’ll go with you" Tom tucked his phone into its pocket at his belt

Mervin hurried to join theuards, although she really didn’t think the reds would be bold enough to try and take her at the hospital anyway She hurried to eat her bagel as Ryan walked her to his truck She’d have a cup of green tea at work later because she was afraid Darien would change his mind and want her to stay if she reer

Moveht her eye, and she looked up to see Puss watching her through the glass, his tail twitching and his ears perked She had a twinge of regret that she couldn’t have cuddled with hiht What about?" Ryan asked, pulling her froht talk about their nighttihed and clihtly "I have one better than that A vision At least I think it was I was kind of doped up at the time But I saw Jake become a wolf, and then he was unable to shift back"

Ryan didn’t say anything as he climbed into his truck and then pulled onto the road toward town "Did you have a vision of your kidnapping?"

He still didn’t believe that the men in the pack had turned into wolves and couldn’t return to their huly unpredictable It would have been nice to see it happen beforehand…to at least prepare myself, but it doesn’t work that way" She stared out the atching the firs whiz by But then an uneasy feeling crept through her when she recalled so else "Oh, no…"

"Oh, no… what?"

She rubbed her te to recall the exact details "I…I had a vision before ent into the tavern yesterday"

Ryan stared at her "About?"

"A led in my face when he bent over me He wore a padded vest And I felt so tired, so incredibly tired"

"A vision?"