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In a huirlfriend over?"

Carol rolled her eyes

He se a person’s sex life by their age"

"Well, he won’t" Although she wished he had, but as haggard as Doc had looked, she was sure he’d be alone

Ryan started the engine "All right, give h she wasn’t sure she was going to make any headith Doc He’d never said one way or another if he believed in her abilities She figured he’d be like Ryan… ato see it to believe it, which made her wonder why Ryan finally believed her without proof positive

As soon as Ryan parked the truck at Doc’s rental house, a neat little clapboard house with a white picket fence surrounding it, she noted the sign hanging above the door The sign welcomed visitors, which was just like Doc If patients needed him when he wasn’t on duty, they elcome to come to see him at anytime

Carol jumped out of the truck before Ryan could exit the vehicle She hurried to Doc’s door, afraid Jake would try to stop her Ryan stalked after her, his footfalls getting closer After knocking and not getting a response, she unlocked the door She saw Jake park behind Ryan’s vehicle as she hurried inside, hoping she could speak with Doc before he ht decide to shift and it would be too late

To forestall any disagreement, Ryan waited on the porch to talk to Jake and To on hiirlfriend?" Jake shook his head and folded his arms, while both of them stared into the dark house

To sure no one visited the house who shouldn’t be there, just like they shouldn’t

Jake suddenly turned to Ryan, his eyes widening "She had a pre, from what I understand" At least he didn’t think she’d had a new vision And he wasn’t giving away the vision she’d had of several of the back Not unless she wanted hiht away, they walked into the living roo for the vastly relieved

Ryan took her comment to mean that Doc was still in his hu Carol instinctively ran to get it, but Ryan grabbed her hand "You’re not supposed to be here," he said, his voice hushed

"I don’t want the phone to wake Doc" She paused as the answering machine cae This is North Redding, and we’ve got a bit of trouble here"

Carol trembled, and Ryan put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close as if he was protecting her froer with Lelandi’s pack but started our own If you could see your way to helping us out, we’d sure appreciate it I’ll call back later to see if you’re agreeable"

The connection disconnected

Ryan rubbed Carol’s are?"

She nodded "The one who carried e the first tinize his voice anywhere He’s the same one who hit Tom ere in the exam room Doc identified him by name"

Jake said to Tom, "I want you to stay here and watch over Doc I’ll send others to help look after hie it?"

Tom nodded "Hell, yeah"

"North was sick, and maybe others in his pack are also If they need our help…" Carol said, letting her words trail off

"Why go after Carol and the doc? Why not contact either of the other nurses?" Tom asked

"North and his ine they went after Carol first because they wanted to keep her in their pack Then when they figured it was going to be too difficult to try for her again, they decided to solicit Doc’s help"

"I’ll keep him safe," Tom said "Just let any of them try to break in"

Jake slapped him on the back "I’ll send Deputy Trevor and a couple of otherhappens"

Ryan headed out to the truck with Carol and Jake, leaving Doc under Toht have someone posted to watch out for the other two nurses, just in case North and histhey can’t wait for Doc’s help," Ryan said to Jake<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>