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"I should go with you, Ryan To identify the vaccine, if they have one" Carol figured Ryan would say no because he’d worry about her safety, but she really thought it was the best way to handle this "If they have a lab that produced the virus, they may have created a vaccine"

"Lelandi wants to see you," Jake said to Carol, o anywhere withoutthat he wouldn’t take off to search for the lab and leave her behind Then she ran up the stairs

"I see who’s in charge in your family already," Jake said with a smirk

Ryan folded his arms and watched her disappear upstairs "I would leave her behind for her own safety But she’s got a valid point We need her with us You need to stay with Lelandi I’ll take Toht, he added, "If that works well for you"

Jake shook his head "Can’t give up being a natural born leader, can you, Ryan?"

"Nope, it’s in the blood" He just hoped he wasn’tCarol into the enemy’s territory

Carol knocked on Lelandi’s bedroo to intrude on her and Darien and their new dilemma She felt terrible If she couldn’t solve this situation, Lelandi’s children would never know their father as hu the door, her voice tinged with alar her hands and watched Darien pace back and forth in his wolf form Thankfully, so? I don’t understand what’s happening How can we stop this?" Lelandi asked Her green eyes turned to Carol, and tears filled the!" Lelandi pleaded, her voice strained and choked with euided her to sit down on the bed

"Take a deep breath Calure this out and reverse the effects"

At least she hoped so What if they could only vaccinate against the virus before someone contracted it, but there was no hope for those poor souls who already had it? "Do you knoho Darien just killed?"

"Yeah, Connor Darien killed his brother after the guy bit you During the initial battle, Connor had given up the fight so Darien had let him live Not this tie his brother’s death, I suppose His plan to make us all sick hadn’t worked out the way he wanted, so he’d decided to kill Darien I wonder if they thought they could take over Silver Town if all of us had gotten sick and couldn’t change back"

"Possibly The renegade reds left their pack What better way to start over than to come into a town already run by olves, elih the use of the virus, and take over"

"Except that it backfired, because now they’re getting sick, too What happened to theyou?"

"They chased the other three reds off Connor stayed to fight Darien"

Carol nodded, figuring this was one thing she’d never get used to, fighting a with you"

"Downstairsto leave with Ryan and some others to try to find the reds’ lab In the meantime, Darien and Jake can protect you"

"Be careful"

"I will be" Carol gave Lelandi a hug, fought the urge to pat Darien on the head--figuring he probably would not appreciate it--and hurried out of the master bedrooed into jeans and a sweater, and then joined Jake and Ryan downstairs in the great room To her profound relief, she watched Tom and Sam exit the kitchen, tall and dressed and very huray wolf loped out of the kitchen, headed straight for her, and her aped "Doc Mitchell?"

"Some of the men found hi to tell us so, but we’re not sure what We think hebefore ere aware of as going on," Jake said

"All right, let’s go" Ryan took hold of Carol’s arside them

"Guess he thinks he can help," Carol said, and she prayed he could

Driving south from Darien’s place, Carol and Ryan were quiet as Doc Mitchell rode in the backseat of the truck while Tom and Sam followed in Tom’s truck Carol watched Doc Mitchell’s antics and interpreted therohen they didn’t

If Carol hadn’t been worried about how they ht all become just like him, stuck forever as wolves with huuide theht not be able to find the cure

She took a deep breath, tried to give up thoughts of failure, and considered another situation that concerned her--bringing were-kids into the world, where they had to live in secret She didn’t think she could cope with taking care of theht about her mother’s comment that she should talk with Ryan about children before they were married, or in this case, mated Better late than never

"I don’t want children," she blurted before she thought better of it Now really wasn’t the tihtened a little on the steering wheel as he continued to watch the road "It’s a little late to consider that now" He didn’t sound le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>