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"In this preht steal her away?"

Glancing up froave hi to help uys or just talk your fool head off?"

"Did she?"

"No She said her visions are too vague That she didn’t knohat this one meant"

"Trouble Every time she’s had a vision, it’s been trouble" Jake sniffed the air "This way"

"Always?"

"Since I’ve known her, yeah So she’ll always be a handful, I suspect"

Which supported Ryan’s opinion that Carol needed someone uniquely qualified in her life Soerous situations she found herself in She wasn’t a police officer or trained incommitted and she tried to stop it, or if the perp learned she knew about his or her commission of a crime, she could put herself in a world of jeopardy Beyond that, she needed to learn how to control shifting From what she had adh the transition

Ryan paused to exah here" He quickened his pace "She needs an alpha, Jake" But not just any alpha

"Yeah, I know So that o to another pack"

"But Tom thinks he’ll find his dream mate"

"Yeah, and who the hell told Carol that?" Jake frowned at Ryan, in protective brother mode

Ryan hid a scowl "She needed to know the truth She was harboring soht be interested in her"

"Oh"

Ryan glanced at Jake "And you, too"

"But she practicallythe dance And the way she kissed you…" Jake shook his head "Guess that means I’ll have to call you out"

"Call me out?"

"Yeah, see ins the little lady"

Ryan chuckled under his breath "I’m sure she’d love that Probably decide to ive the rest of us up"

"About what you said to Nurse Matthew Do you really think he was in trouble in his previous pack?" Jake asked

Ryan sht with his pack leader’s brother over a woman a number of times That didn’t set ith either the pack leader or his second-in-coated everyone--those in your pack and those ere joining--just as a courtesy to Darien, in the event anything was important"

"Did you tell Darien?"

"No need to The woman chose Matthew’s coure that’s why he hadn’t hit on Carol yet Probably still feels so for the woman who didn’t choose hi to hide"

Ryan sniffed the air "His own failure" He suddenly stopped and pointed at the path the three reds had taken this time "There This way"

"Darien said to take theht us, so be it"

Ryan nodded If he’d gotten hold of the man who’d stolen Carol away before, the ument

He and Jake quickly stripped off their clothes and shape-shifted The shoould be between two grays and three reds, if Ryan had any say about it Then he bolted through the woods in hot pursuit as Jake skirted around the trees a few yards away

At least this way, the reds they were hunting would be far away froured she’d be safe, noover her

For over an hour, they pursued the reds, ere surprisingly speedy Expecting their next eted another Even if they took only two of theth and possibly stop the reds fro further

That’s when Ryan discovered a ca fire, and tuna cans and cracker wrappers littering the ground What caught his eye next was that theas a wolf Half dressed in a pair of jeans, hairy chest naked, boots unlaced, his face covered in a scruffy red beard and aun at Ryan while he hovered near a pickup, his getaway vehicle<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>