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He looked fro Cain with everyone--North and his pack ray feans; and To North to nearly take off with Carol at the hospital"

"He shifted back" Ryan smiled with a bit of the devil in his expression "He’sCarol as my mate without his permission, I can just bet"

"Um, yeah, but he’ll speak with you after hepower"

Ryan chuckled darkly "And now?"

"Doc Mitchell hasn’t changed back yet, and he’s having fits over it Doc Weber said the two of you can stay in his ho as you like He’ll stay with Doc Mitchell in his big, old house in the country until the vet shifts back"

Carol felt relief and exhaustion, knowing that she no longer had to push herself to find a cure and that Ryan wouldn’t have to keep looking for a vaccine She slumped down on the kitchen chair and wanted to sleep for the next year without waking to do anything

Ryan saw the telltale signs that Carol was truly sick He assu to hide it frolassy and her face pale She looked worn out and sick Like he felt

"What’s the cure?" he asked, ready to give it to Carol first

She e, teakettle, and herbs and spices sitting in containers on the counter "A half-dozen re in es of licorice sitting on the countertop "Not the licorice" He frowned at her "Or the onion soaked all night in honey, surely"

She smiled a little and reached for his hand "At least we don’t have to try wolf’s bane"

"Wolf’s bane?" Rosalind and Lelandi said at the saed "It could have killed us I need to throw that remedy out before anyone drinks it by accident"

Everyone looked at her as if she’d lost herto olf lore It was used for o And as a poison"

Lelandi asked, "Where is it?"

"The bottoe, blue container"

Rosalind went to dispose of it

"Until we can move to Green Valley, Carol and I will stay here," Ryan said, damned thankful they hadn’t had to try wolf’s bane He hated the taste of licorice, and the idea of onions soaked in honey was sure to turn hi either for months

"What about Puss?" Carol asked, and sneezed

"Maybe Puss should stay with us a while longer while you get your rest," Lelandi suggested

Carol nodded The fight was out of her She needed to rest

Ryan gathered her up into his ar a fever

"No one is to disturb us… for anything"

Rosalind grinned "I never thought I’d see the day that my brother would be uest bedrooood as new before you know it"

But Carol wasn’t good as new in short order She was run down, stressed to the hed constantly, ran fevers, and ached all over Ryan, asn’t nearly as sick, was still feeling poorly He had to watch the way he coughed and grimaced every time he sed Yet he took care of Carol as if he were her personal nurse, bossy soht her fresh boxes of tissues and glasses of water and orange juice and sore throat lozenges and expectorant er tea, onions minus honey, honey on toast--hopefully with the saarlic He tried all the remedies she’d used with Darien and the others who had contracted the virus, except for the exercise routine<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>