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She’d quit asking, and he hadn’t offered explanations The disappoint any closer to a solution was too much to deal with

"I’ll be back shortly" He leaned down and kissed Carol’s cheek, but a new look of worry reflected in his eyes She rose from her chair and took his hand

"What’s theJust another lead, as usual I’ll be back soon" He pulled her close and hugged her tight

It didn’t see him, he was probably afraid to oing into another wolf fight, are you? Without enerously on the hts for now And I wouldn’t think of not taking you with et me out of hot water if I needed it"

"Liar," she said affectionately

He shts Just another lead"

She let out her breath, squeezed hi hed and cupped a breast "You will anyway" He rubbed her back, said his usual, "Good luck," and headed out of the house

If he said he wasn’t going into a wolf fight, she believed hi was bothering him, and she wasn’t certain she wanted to knohat it was But she suspected--he was fighting the shift, just like she’d been doing for days now

Ryan had been surprised as hell when he discovered that Miller had a bank account and safe deposit box at the Silver Town Bank That see to take over the town Ryan had wasted no tie that allowed hi in the box would reveal whether a cure of vaccine existed, although it was a long shot, and he didn’t want to give Carol anyhim The real dile since the night before He’d never worried about shifting, but as rown

Not only that, but he’d noticed that Carol’s body teht she’d been running a low-grade fever Although she hadn’tto hi He wondered if the virus was geared to push their wolf half into taking over once they were at so sick

Thankfully, hu wolves Darien’s stiff policy of jail sentences, hefty fines, and rescinded hunting licenses had been enough of a deterrent Also, those who had shape-shifted into wolves were trying to stay close to their homes in the woods Those who lived in town had been taken in by fa out of town to try to reduce the problem of human-wolf contact

Ryan drove to the bank, parked, and stalked inside where Mason, the bank owner, quickly greeted him Mason took him to the bank vault, where the safety deposit boxes were located behind a cage door

Wearing one of his expensive gray suits, the gray-bearded banker led Ryan inside the vault "I’d wring Miller’s thick neck if you hadn’t already killed him," the banker told Ryan

"I e could have kept him alive, at least until we learned if he had a vaccine or not," Ryan replied

"From what I’ve heard, it couldn’t have been helped" Mason unlocked the metal box with its two keys and let Ryan open it He scoured over the documents, receipts for medical supplies, rubber-banded bundles of one-thousand-dollar bills, and…

Ryan pulled a deed for a house in Silver Town out of the box "Hell, apparently Miller had set up housekeeping here only a ht between Darien’s people and the reds"

"Well, I’ll be daht to see if he’d purchased real estate here Nohat?" Mason asked, stroking his beard

"Time to pay a call at his house at 150 Oak Drive Thanks, Mason I’ll let you know if I find anything"

As Ryan headed out of the bank to his truck, he called Tom with a heads-up and then drove over to Miller’s hoe s and y, probably because Miller had been dead for ten days and a warrowth

Sheriff Peter Jorgenson drove into the drive, and Ryan gave hi He’d planned to use his lock picks, although he supposed that so a police officer on hand would be better The sheriff was better yet

"Peter," Ryan said as the sheriff climbed out of his vehicle

"Ryan Toold is?"

"I sure as hell hope so"

Peter stifled a cough

"You, too, eh?"

"Hell, yeah I don’t think any of us are going to escape it"

Deputy Trevor drove up, lights flashing He waved and joined them as Peter unlocked the door