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Doc Weber and Doc Mitchell reed Carol to use her experiarlic and onion, Echinacea, licorice-- which didn’t go over with any of the wolves--and Vitaht the virus in an infected person She had even tested thethe olf into exhaustion in his wolf for worked Darien also had tried all of the re with the brutal exercise plan, probably figuring that was a bunch of es of licorice, one red and one black, and took a deep breath as she pondered the results of yet another atte a cure She’d tested Darien, Jake, and both the vet and Doc Weber, but no one seemed to respond to the ho with the exercise progra to snap out of the inability to shift back to their huht It didn’t work
Her er tea, and took it back to the table On page fifty-five of a set of handwritten notes on olf ends, she had found a possible cure, or death She closed her eyes as she sat at the table and rested her head on her ar herself to think Think, what hadn’t she tried thatthat wouldn’t possibly result in death
Her thoughts shut down, and as if in a dreareendown on Ryan as he lay on the grass Hands behind his head, he had his eyes closed and his leg cocked, resting peacefully, until two small boys attacked him with childlike exuberance The boys were identical in size, e, chubby, with dark hair like Ryan’s, and smiles and dimples like his, too Startled out of his peaceful pose, he laughed and tackled theles and squeals Twin boys
Before she could corance of blended almond, lime, and mandarin soap drifted to her, and she returned to the world at present and turned in her chair Freshly showered and totally naked, Ryan advanced on her in a strictly lustful predatory s He sure was hung Sheher to stew over the dileht And she loved hi and hunky, hisher in as if she was the most beautiful creature in the world--which as tired as she was, she kneasn’t possible--and his expression deter on sinful seduction
Noto discover a solution, Ryan was always her chah, when no one really kne long it would take
He encouraged her, ada so, she knew he trusted in her abilities with all his heart That bolstered her confidence in the face of failure Pride reflected in his expression every time he talked about her efforts to find a solution She wasn’t sure if he did so to reht this, too, or if he wanted her to know she was fully a olf now--just like any of their kind
Despite how tired she was, she saas ready for soe her batteries, too
"Ti her shoulders with dreath
She knew he ainst her ear, his large capable handson her breasts,Then his lips curved up in a wicked way
"Hmm, no bra"
The way he said the words in a hushed and seductive voice, and the way he touched her, hty and decadent She swept her hands up his naked biceps--strong, s with her touch-- and encircled his neck with her arth like she wanted, to feel his growing arousal and his desire for her building, not while his thu the sensitive nubs between his fingers and stealing her thoughts, her breath, her willpower
Already her loins tightened with need and her body quivering with desire--responsive, receptive, needy She wanted hi with her, the closeness, the inti froe of her soft sweater He slid the luxurious fabric upward, his thu her skin fro to fondle her nipples for aup her collarbone to pull the sweater off
He dropped it on a chair, and head bent, leaned down to capture a nipple with his lided over the raised hypersensitive nub Shebefore him if he hadn’t slipped his hands down to cup her buttocks and to hold her in place while he had his ith her
She felt her bones melt, her blood and skin sizzle with his touch, and briefly worried that she was shape-shifting… until his thigh pushed between her legs, pressed gently upward, and rubbed, giving her a jolt
Oh God, she’d never last
His heart was pounding as thunderously as hers, despite his slow and measuredheavy and labored The scent of arousal, hers and his, entwined in a pleasing fragrance, added to the sweet and spicy aroma of the alers tangled in her hair, his eyes dark asher up and tor her Then he unfastened her jeans button and, after that, the zipper Once he’d unzipped her jeans and slipped his fingers into her soft curls, he pulled his ain his words made her feel wickedly sinful