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Shit Split-second decision tie at the ar shot in the back of the head, and run in the direction of Silver Town Tucking tail was not Ryan’s way

Before he could leap, he heard the sound of gunfire The bullet ricocheted off a tree and grazed Ryan’s left foreleg before he reached the bastard Panicked, the guy fired again tithout ailas fir

The bullets struck the tree next to him with a whap… whap! When Ryan came around the tree to take the man down, the red dove into the pickup, slaine, and tore off with the truck leaving a trail of dust in its wake

Hell Ryan’s foreleg burned even though the bullet wound was superficial, as far as he could tell He licked the injury, knowing that his wolf saliva could reduce some kinds of bacterial infection and that studies had shown that it could actually aid cell regeneration because of saliva’s epider him know he had lost his prey and was headed in, but then Ryan caught the whiff of the other man who’d split off fro care of the flesh wound could wait

Jake howled to Ryan in response A chorus of other wolves let hie If the reds weren’t already scared shitless, the sound of all the grays in the woods probably would do the trick

Unable to keep up the faster pace he’d used getting there, Ryan finally slowed to a trot for a good long while, his leg bleeding so for clues of the third , and trotted beside him Ryan couldn’t help but envy Darien and his two brothers Ryan’s sistersomeone who acted like a brother to watch his back when they were on the warpath was a unique experience And welcome

Froh

While Ryan continued to look for clues of the otherback in the direction of the hospital, circling as though he wanted to return Maybe because Ryan kept li hard not to Unable to locate the red, Ryan finally gave up andrelieved, Jake dipped his head once in agreement The two took off for their stash of clothes

When they reached them and then shape-shifted, Ryan fumbled with his shirt Jake looked like he was about to offer to help hiuy?"

"You ounded"

"Hell, Jake, I would have been fine You lost hiiven me if I’d left you to your injuries and you died We don’t know if the bullets they’ve been firing are silver or not And I didn’t know if your wound was superficial or so more serious"

Ryan shook his head "I didn’t say I ounded when I let everyone knohat I was going to do"

"Gunshots had been fired in the vicinity from which you howled You said you had lost your prey and were headed in Not that you were helpingto where we’d left our clothes Whichto track down the third guy anyway"

Struggling with his belt, Ryan sood detective"

"Just an observation of your nature," Jake said, htly at the corners, he looked like he appreciated the couy" He yanked on his shirt "Being a wounded hero always impresses a lady Why didn’t I think of that first?"

"You’d take a bullet just to make points with Carol? I doubt she’d be overjoyed with the prospect" Ryan snorted "Besides, a hero solves the criet ht that counts"

Not feeling in the least bit heroic, Ryan shook his head "Besides, I don’t need looking after It’s just a graze, and the bullets, thank God, were not silver"