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"For you, rasped her wrist to stop her fro hiht Her arht I was lost to the wolf," she sobbed

He sed hard, kissed her on the top of her head, and held her close until the sobs died down "You’re all right, honey You’re going to be fine"

"I’ll never be fine again," she said through the tears

"You will Together, we’ll do this I’ll always be there for you"

She looked up at hi with unspent tears "You want me? Even as much of a mess as I am? You’re a pack leader You need a mate who can help you lead Not someone who is totally clueless and doesn’t even kno to howl or shift back Or control when she’s going to shift in the first place"

"You’ll be fine, Carol What brought about the shift this ti to tell us you’d taken off Did he accost you again?" Ryan tried to control the growl in his voice, but if Mervin had grabbed her again…

She quickly shook her head "I was just sitting in the cold sunrooet hile I drank the hot cocoa I saw Mervin guarding the place and then glanced up at the growingto do with the change as it continues to wax But the cold can, too If we’re in a really cold environment, we can shift into our wolf half so we can be warm"

"Yeah, but you do it when you choose to Not when the wolf chooses to" She sighed deeply "Ryan, I couldn’t fight them North and the others The natural ability to defendof teeth, but I couldn’t attack them"

"There were three of them, and they had a net If you’d attempted to attack, they could have easily captured you with the net Instinct warned you that using a defensive posture was the only way to deal with the situation"

"I couldn’t have killed them Not any of theht have seen it differently That’s not i under control You could have escaped by swih"

"I can’t swi is a natural ability for wolves"

She frowned up at hi is supposed to be a natural ability for us, too And so is howling Why couldn’t I howl to let you know the threenet?"

He ss are , you probably were too busy concentrating on the men and their net If I had been in your fur coat, that’s what I would have been doing"

Jake hollered up the stairs, "Everything all right up there?"

Ryan rubbed Carol’s bare arht?"

She nodded and pulled away fro’s fine up here" But Ryan had a neorry, and he was certain that was so Carol When would she next shift? And why hadn’t she been able to conjure up any visions this ti to see anyone in the pack ever again because of having turned into a wolf, Carol reluctantly went downstairs with Ryan to join Jake and Lelandi She knew Lelandi had to be worried about her Jake, also But she didn’t want to face them She’d lost what little control she’d had over her shape-shifting ability, and now Darien was sure to ban her fro at the hospital

Jake eyed Carol with too lowering at hi could trigger the shift again

Lelandi crossed the floor, gave her a big hug, and rubbed her back "You’ll be fine, Carol It’s just the beginning I swear you’ll get used to it"

Jake’s phone rang He whipped it off his belt and said, "Yeah, Darien?" His gaze shifted to Carol "Shit All right I’ll take her to the hospital now What about Lelandi?" He glanced in her direction "All right, she stays here with her guard detail I’ up and called someone else "Deputy Trevor, three of our men have been shot--in their wolf forms Not by North’s men By human townsfolk Get the word out pronto that anyone who shoots a wolf getsthe shooters do, so he needs you to spread the word I’ve got to get Carol to the hospital to help with the victims Talk later"

Jake motioned for Carol and Ryan to come with him as he called souard detail watching Lelandi Silva can coet Carol and Ryan to the hospital Some of our men have been shot in their wolf forms, and Doc Mitchell has disappeared Yeah, I know Talk about a hell of a et here"<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>