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"Hell, Carol, you didn’t say that Lelandi said so That makes a world of difference," Jake scolded her "I ured you couldn’t see that I’d changed back"
"Yeah, well, I told Lelandi"
"Sorry, Carol I just couldn’t believe it oose bu the trouble?" Ryan asked
"Well, if Doc doesn’t change back, ot Or flu virus" Carol chewed on her lip "Since he’s a wolf now, he’ll have all wolf genetics Have Darien call Doc Mitchell and run some tests on Doc Weber’s blood See if he can discover if he’s still sick If he isn’t, the change probably knocked out the illness like you said it ht"
"You’re sure about this?" Jake asked "I doubt Doc Weber will appreciate it if the vet starts testing his blood without his permission"
"It’s the only correlation I can see for now Besides, if there isn’t a probleo If there is a proble to learn the cause and do soht" Jake flipped his phone back open and called Darien "Carol needs onedone"
Chapter 21
HELL, EVERYTHING IS GOING FURTHER DOWNHILL, Ryan thought when Darien called an hour after dinner with news fro
"I have to return to the hospital and take blood sa table and looking ready to leap fro
"Not without Darien’s approval" Jake stared out the"And besides, Matthew said he’d do it We’ve gotDoc Weber in case anyone tries to take hi Nurse Matthew and Nurse Charlotte Seventhe house fro for North and his men For now, Darien doesn’t want anyone to ned job Not until he knoe’re up against"
Lelandi, who had been on the go every ain, slumped in her chair and quiet, with her eyes half closed And as restless as Carol had been throughout the night, she looked exhausted If she had to go back to the hospital in an hour or so, she needed some rest
"The ladies look like they need to lie down for a while," Ryan said to Jake
He frowned at Ryan, looked at Lelandi, and then switched his attention to Carol "All right Coet so Jake and Lelandi This time, Ryan intended to sit in the recliner and watch over Carol like a dutiful bodyguard
Both wo so slowly that he wanted to carry Carol and tell Jake to do the same with Lelandi But he assu his boundaries with Darien’s mate unless it was absolutely necessary
Ryan wrapped his arm around Carol’s waist and helped her up the stairs She slu with hi in the recliner seeave Ryan a stern look that warned him to behave himself with Carol Ryan told hi as that’s what Carol wanted He wasn’t so sure she wanted hiard to her, not after the way she’d kissed hi on his part
He followed her into the bedroom and closed the door as she sat on the bed and then pulled off her tennis shoes He walked over to the recliner and sat, hoping for an invitation to lie doith her Dog tired, he hadn’t gotten ht, either But she needed to sleep ht be required later that night Unless she needed his coht terrors, she was probably just as well off sleeping alone Maybe even better off Although he hated to ad at the floor and not saying a word
"What is it? Another vision?" Ryan was ready to leave the chair and sit next to her, to coax the truth from her, if need be
She shook her head and took a deep breath "It’s like when you deal with one of your cases, I’ on" She pulled her scrub’s shirt over her head, exposing a silky sheer bra Her darkened dusty-pink nipples pressed against the fabric like two perfect jewels Did she even realize how sexy she looked?
"Your sister said you talked about rabbed her waistband, and pulled her scrub pants down her hips She let the pants slide to her feet and then stepped out of the through the silk bikini panties
"Ryan?"
His gaze lifted to see her brows raised She pulled the eyelet cover aside, climbed under it, and then situated the top of it under her chin
"What did you say to your sister aboutHis thoughts were still centered on the way Carol looked in her sheer underwear--sexy, tantalizing, and invitingabout me"