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Carol couldn’t believe it But then again, she’d felt deep in her bones that Doc’s shifting into the wolf and not being able to shift back was only the beginning of the nightmare

Lelandi rubbed her aro and help our uard detail already"

"No," Jake and Ryan said at the same time "They’re all betas," Jake added "Sam will be here as soon as he can"

"I could run Carol over to the hospital until Sa this time they wouldn’t have any trouble

"No," Lelandi said "What if North and his men try to ambush you?"

"I need to take care of the men who’ve been injured," Carol said, her voice resolute "It’ll take Saet here"

"Ryan?" Jake asked

On the one hand, Ryan wanted more protection for Carol On the other, he knew she needed to get to the e Besides, North and his h the woods"

Jake considered the gun "Silver bullets?"

"No Regular It’ll slow theain It’s unlikely they’ll be out here watching e are doing after the last fiasco--fishing for a ith a net Are you all right with this, Carol?"

She was already headed for the door He swore she would have been the first one on the scene to take care of the wounded on a battlefield, no matter what the threat to her own safety, and he couldn’t help ad over his shoulder at Jake "We’ll let you knoe encounter any trouble or, if not, e reach the hospital"

Jake gave him a stiff nod

"Be careful," Lelandi said to Carol

"You take care of yourself," Carol said, her look worried Then she headed out of doors

As soon as Ryan and Carol were secure in the truck, he tore off for town "Had anyor the ainst the seat and ran her hand over his plaid "No If I’d had a vision, I ht have been able to stop the shift"

"I know you don’t believe it now, but the sooner you embrace our ways, the easier it will be for you to adjust"

"Thanks for having faith in er withthe way that you’d done, I would have believed in anything"

She chuckled and then grew serious "Believing in my sixth sense scares you"

He cast a wry s a person could have gli Not only that, but the fact that she could touch an object and gain insight about it seeht you ought to know that your sister called me back and talked to me further about you"

His neck muscles tensed God only knehat Rosalind had told Carol That he’d kept a portfolio of pictures of her? That he wanted her to be his mate even before he realized that was the issue? His sister had already stirred up enough trouble

"She said you used a fake psychic once who got you into real hot water over a case of slander So I understand how you would feel that we’re all frauds"

"I didn’t think you were a fraud, exactly"

"Right I just reat storyteller"

He rubbed his te himself deeper into this "I had to know that you were for real, Carol From the time we met, I’ve tried to debunk your ‘visions,’ at least inlike Silva, which you couldn’t have had as a hu places at the right time And that was tooto learn the truth about the ht be?"

"No You’re a healer First and fore others to heal Murder cases are not your forte"

"Hmm" She unsnapped her seatbelt to slide across the bench seat, snapped on the belt in the led up next to him