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The wolf halted in his tracks His head turned back to Serena Blood dripped from his open mouth The wounds on his body were deep and likely excruciatingly painful Their gazes locked Serena lifted a hand to Robert and he caught it Without a word uttered between them, he helped her to her feet Her eyes never left Garrett's She stepped away frouard and made her way to Garrett
Kneeling beside the injured animal, she said, “I can handle this” Her voice was low and, she hoped, soothing Convincing Raising her hand, she lightly stroked the one patch of black fur that wasn't covered with blood “I already know that you'll change back to the ht The man I fell in love with So justdo it Do it here Do it now” Tears welled in her eyes and her voice cracked as she said, “Let me take care of you"
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Garrett sank to the ground, his belly resting on the cool grass
Serena let out a long breath “See? We can do this You don't have to be so damned stubborn” The wolf snorted Serena s"
And he did The black wolf before her slowly morphed to the ht Right before her very eyes Serena had never experienced anything so a or irass, his eyes closed Blood covered his body and it was ainst his naked flesh than it had been with all the fur covering him
Serena's brow furroith concern Her fingers hovered above his skin, at his shoulder, but she couldn't touch him It seemed nearly every inch of him was cut open
Fear gripped her heart He was soto change, to heal
Had he waited too long?
Her gaze slid across the courtyard to where Robert stood The gri to calht?” she asked “Can he recover from this?"
Robert raked a hand through his chocolate-colored hair “We need to get him inside, butI don't want to move him just yet” He inched closer, but still stood a few feet away, his hands propped on his hips He seemed to contemplate his plan of action for a moment
The low baying of wolves in the distance made his shoulders tense
Serena was on her feet in a flash She closed the gap between the back?"
"To help Braedan They don't know he's dead Tearing out the throat is the only way to kill a shapeshifter"
"Does that mean that the others—the men I saw earlier with Garrett—are?"