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He shrugged and winced, and then began buttoning his shirt "She needs lots of attention I iine she conjures thes to fasten a couple of buttons on his shirt "Andway "You’ve just had the one experience?"

"Three, but who’s counting?"

"I do have faith in your abilities, by the way"

She closed her gaping ht she’d told the truth Tears filled her eyes again "You really do?"

He pulled her close, rubbing her shoulders in a gentle hed deeply "You don’t kno ine I do" He leaned down to kiss her lips, but she pulled away before they got too involved again "I’ve got another patient to see, last one of the day Another case of the sniffles Everyone thinks they have the deadly flu when ies I’ll see to hi, Ryan went back to buttoning his shirt and followed her into the hall "How auard you if I’et that?" She pointed at his bloody sleeve

"I was trying to protect you away from your workplace"

"Aduys than play the wait-and-see game"

He smiled darkly

When she called out the name from the chart and Ryan saho her next patient was, his dark expression lightened up a lot

The gray-haired old ave her a s’en"

"Hlanced at Ryan, took in his bloody shirtsleeve, and shook his head "Is he the one everyone’s saying is hitting on you?"

"My bodyguard," she corrected

Luciso snorted "Looks like this business with the reds is going to get real nasty You tell Darien if he needs an old guy to help out, I’"

"Thanks, Luciso I’ and glanced down the hall "Are you all right, Dr Weber?"

"Going hohter"

"Sleep well," she said, but then a sickening feeling washed over her as she envisioned the doctor shape-shifting into the wolf to knock out his illness She hurried after hi Ryan would catch up to her But she had to warn Doc not to shift He’d think she was crazy, but she just had to warn him

"Wait, Dr Weber! I need a ith you!" she said as the door slammed shut

Chapter 19

"HELL, NORTH, ALL YOU DID WAS GET US INTO DEEPER guano by stirring the across the meadow, at least thirty ot a shot off at that outsider gray Once that happened, the htailed it out of there," Hank said grinning "We ht with theue with bullets"

North shook his head "If it hadn’t been for Darien’s brother watching over Carol, I would have had her The others guarding her were clueless"

"Well," Hank said, "I didn’t want to injure the gray that badly I just want to get Carol Hell, they’ve got the darabbing her there from now on, it looks like"

"Yeah, unless so," Galahad said "Both Marilee and Becky went in today since they’re feeling so poorly At least they shared the flu at the gathering last night, although they should have arrived earlier to expose et sick, they’ll have to try and find a cure Daave us beforehand would keep us fro sick and be a cure for those who already have the virus"

"I blauy to create the virus in the first place I wonder if Miller lied to us about staying isolated from the rest of us while he tries to find a vaccine that works this time Hell, what if he already has one and inoculated only hiuy

"What good would it do him if all of us came doith it but him?" Galahad asked

"Yeah," North reluctantly adht Unless he figures he’ll rescue those of us he wants to when the tiht and leave the rest of us to deal with the condition As wolves, except for trying to kill him, ouldn’t have any way to resolve this issue What if Carol ends up having the same problem?" He scowled in the direction of Silver Town<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>