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"Later, Ryan," she said, her voice still hushed "We’ve got to get dressed"

He got up off the couch slowly like a wolf, took her shoulders, and then kissed herHe had claiet used to the idea

All right, all right, so she was his And he was all hers, too But this was not the time to prove it

She nipped his mouth "Help me find my bra" She hurried to pull on her panties, her scrub pants, and then her tennis shoes

He searched under the couch and around his pile of clothes "Don’t see it"

She gave hiot the janitor’s keys, and one should unlock the door," Jake said, his voice a little louder than necessary, as if he arning Ryan and Carol to get ready for the inco invasion One key, then another was inserted in the lock, ainst metal

"Jake," Carol whispered

"Hurry it up," Matthew said

"There are at least fifty keys on this ring You knohich one it is?"

Silence

Ryan dragged his shirt on and slipped into his pants Carol ran her fingers through her hair, trying to put it in some kind of order Then she hurried over to the lab and retrieved the lab tech’s report and blood samples from Doc Weber in his wolf form

"Where’s Doc Weber?" Jake asked Matthew conversationally, still playing with the keys in the lock

Thank you, Jake, Carol said silently

"He’s wolf napping again in his office on a dog pad they brought over from the vet’s kennel after Doc refused to lie on his bed As fastidious as he is, he probably didn’t want to shed fur on the linens He’s still running a fever and coughing The shift didn’t knock out the virus like it should have So he can’t have had human flu"

Carol exa roughly spherical shapes that were covered in rigid spikes like a halo Solanced back at Ryan to see if he was dressed yet He had finished buttoning his shirt and shoving the tails into his pants and was giving her a devilish wink and a little smile when the door lock clicked open She shook her head at him In his macho way, he just had to prove to Darien’s pack that she was his Not that she aer

Ryan zipped up his zipper and buckled his belt as Jake and Matthealked into the room

"TheRyan a scathing look "Why did you lock the darew hot with e happened to break into the place"

"The men ere shot?" Matthew reiterated "Darien had to send some folks over to Doc Mitchell’s place to care for the animals in his kennel until they can locate the vet It’s not like the doc to disappear without a word to anyone, especially when a lot of pets needed his care and no one was scheduled to take care of theot canine influenza," Carol said finally "Doc Weber does The respiratory illness causes coughing, runny nose, and fever," she added for Jake and Ryan’s benefit "We can medicate hih this If any of you don’t know, the virus was first found in horses, but then it transferred to greyhounds But it doesn’t transfer to humans"

She looked up at the et pneumonia"

Matthened at her "But that doesn’t make any sense, since the canine virus doesn’t transfer to humans He was sick before he shifted"

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