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She smiled back "Of course Unless we’re swamped with hu wheel "That’s not the deal, and I won’t go along with it You’re one dangerous lady So about these nighthed loudly "They’re about the visions, about being bitten and changed, and they hauntthe reds used onhad inhibited the need to shift last night She took a deep breath, relieved she hadn’t tried to shift while Ryan was sleeping with her Or doing anything else A chill cascaded down her spine Could having sex trigger a shift?

"Do you… believe in drea?" he asked out of the blue

Chapter 15

HER STOMACH CLENCHING WHEN RYAN QUERIED HER about drea as he drove her to the hospital, Carol worried thatfor the woman of his dreams And she wasn’t it

Still startled, she stared at him in disbelief "Do you?"

"Of course not But I wondered if you did"

"Oh" Her stoht about the stories Lelandi had told her and nodded "Sure Lelandi and Darien were drea could exist until I heard of their case Why bring it up?"

Ryan remained silent, and Carol huffed "You tantalize me with some tidbit of news and then don’t share it with me? What if I were to do that with you? Say that you wouldn’t believe the vision I had this , but then not tell you what it was"

"Did you?"

She paused and then let out her breath "I’olden roo into it frohts, as if I didn’t have any choice And then shots were fired, and I heard…" She thought for a lanced at her She continued, "I heard Saht on this drea, Ryan tapped his thu wheel and didn’t answer her for soolden rooht have been nothing "

"Think carefully You heard shots in the vision? Before Saht have been outside of the vision Ithe roo out after Sam hollered That’s why they fired in his direction At the sound of his voice No gunfire sounded before that"

Carol considered the iood She would be in a roohts where so Why would she do that?

"What are you thinking, Carol?" He reached over to squeeze her ice-cold hand His hand felt warer"

"Then you’re not going there" He glanced at her and continued to hold her hand

"Right"

He didn’t say anything for half a mile and then let out his breath "Okay, so what happens in the roo about my visions I don’t knohat happens What about your drea her lower lip Had he dreamed of her? She was fairly sure she hadn’t dreamed of him, and she was certain she would have re for the wolanced at her "I thought you should know"

"Ah" Which meant that if Ryan wasn’t the one for her, she’d have to scratch Toood to know But a drea" She folded her arht wo, whether she was in his dream or not, I’m sure he’d want her" She looked out theIt appeared to be the start of another sunny day, not a cloud in the sky… too bad she had to work After the terror of last night, it would have been nice to curl up on Darien’s porch with Puss sleeping on her lap, a cup of hot cocoa, and a good time-travel romance set in Scotland to read Or if the house had been eht not have gotten any sleep

But then again, she wouldn’t have taken thatMatthew and Charlotte had to work longer hours tothere

"Jake doesn’t believe in drea," Ryan said, as if that would make her feel better

"Yeah I don’t blame him really I’m sure I’d never conjure upway to satisfy soree?"

Ryan pulled into the hospital parking lot, and Jake parked right alongside hier’s side "I think any substitute for the real thing wouldn’t be half as satisfying" He gave her a slow predatory grin

Her body felt like she’d been roasting in the sun all day, but she ed a shake of her head and a small smile "Lelandi warned me you were a wolf"