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Carol glanced over at Ryan, her eyes widening, her ears flattening a little, her snarl vanishing The ht her attention
"Holy shit!" one of thefor dear life
North and the otherhis actions, Ryan fought the craving to chase any of the Carol alone He couldn’t abandon her Not with the possibility that the person shooting wolves ht come back for her
But mostly, he wasn’t sure how she’d react now that she earing her wolf coat, and he had to be here for her ain, and she studied hi she wouldn’t run off He had no idea if she could understand their ways in wolf forrew close Still, she didn’t take flight He stepped nearer, nudged the side of her muzzle with his nose, and then licked her face Come home, he wanted to say to her Come with me But she see toward them and looked back over his shoulder Christian and Jake, neither of who on?" Jake said to Carol "We’re glad you shifted, Carol, but you need to return to the house now! Lelandi’s going to have those babies early if she gets any more upset about this"
Carol looked toward the house and then filled her lungs with air Making up her mind, she loped toward the house, to Ryan’s relief He joined her and ran alongside her, his body lightly touching hers, trying to console her if she needed his support He was sure she needed someone’s
Jake and Christian ran behind them, but at a hu on his phone, giving Darien an update on Carol and the wolf shootings
"All right, we’ll hang tight until we get word froht You know Carol She always perseveres"
Ryan was glad to hear the admiration in Jake’s voice instead of conde else, and he planned to be her uncritically enthusiastic supporter helping her through the changes in her life
When Ryan and Carol reached the house, Mervin was inside with Avery and Lelandi
"Thank God, you’re all right," Lelandi said to Carol "We heard shooting" She rubbed her stomach in a worried way "I put your clothes in your room" She bit her lip "And yours also, Ryan"
He would have shtfulness, except for the seriousness of the situation Instead, he followed Carol out of the sunrooreat rooive a thought to the possibility that he ht not be able to shift back, or that she couldn’t But when they reached her bedroom and he shifted, she didn’t He closed the door and dressed while she paced like a caged beast
Shifting was so natural to someone born a olf that he didn’t kno to explain what she should do He thought the process would be innate, but apparently not Or…
He didn’t want to think about the doc She couldn’t be stuck in her wolf form!
He walked over and touched her neck She stopped and waited He wrapped his arainst hers
"You can shift back, Carol Just will it You’re so distraught that you’re not thinking clearly" At least that’s what he hoped the matter was
For at least another ten minutes, which seemed an eternity, she stood there and breathed in hard breaths, her eyes gazing at him briefly Then she focused on the dresser It felt like she would stand there for the rest of eternity, just staring at the furniture, unable to do anything else
"You can do it," he encouraged and rubbed her head between her ears Then he ran his hand over her back, atte to console her If she hadn’t liked it, she would have growled or moved away, but she didn’t see her to see ould happen, she didn’t nudge his hand to encourage hiain
Hell "Carol, you can do it You can shift back Close your eyes and see the change Feel the heat, the swift transformation Feel it"
She suddenly ran into the bathroom and pushed the door closed with her nose
She didn’t want hi is a natural occurrence for us It’s a beautiful process, so to be cherished"
Minutes later, she jerked the door open and scowled at him, naked and beautiful, her expression heated as she stalked toward her clothes laid out on the bed