Jennifer St. Giles - The Lure of the Wolf by Lure of the Wolf

Author:Lure of the Wolf [Wolf, Lure of the]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-12-24T00:11:57.174000+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

H ANDS CLENCHING THE X-files printouts and her stomach in knots, Annette tried to make her eyes focus on the medical case in front of her. So far, all of the women she’d read about had been marked as deceased. But there was very little information as to why they’d died, or why they were being seen for the medical study in the first place. The files so far were a compilation of patient history, physical findings from exams—but no labs were included. The diagnosis was a numerical code that neither Annette, nor Erin, nor Emerald recognized.

It was like trying to put pieces of a puzzle together with no picture on the box. She knew only one thing—it was bad. All of the women had been between the ages of eighteen and thirty-six, and all were deceased. A stomach-turning revelation itself, but when it was combined with her worry for Aragon, she thought she’d be seriously sick to her stomach.

Emerald sat calmly across the room, reading her stack, and Erin lounged on the sheepskin rug by the fireplace where Aragon had made…

Hell. Annette swallowed another choking lump of grief and sucked in deep breaths, but it didn’t help. She had to get out of the cabin. She didn’t care what Sam and Jared said about sitting tight until their return. She’d go nuts if she had to stay here. Aragon’s scent was everywhere.

She had to get out. Squaring her shoulders, she looked at Erin, then Emerald. “For two women who had their panties in a wad last night, thinking that the men had left you in the investigation dust, you seem awfully content right now.”

“Thongs don’t wad, luv,” Emerald said. “Besides, this is different. We know where Sam and Jared are now and what they are doing. We didn’t last night. And this is important.” She tapped the medical file.

“Yes, but I’m afraid we’re wasting our time if we do just this and turn up nothing. I think we need to find Abe Bennett and see if there is anyone else we can question. We can even stop at my neighbor’s house. I think Rob works in the Hematology Department.”

“Jared will have a fit,” Erin said, packing up her things. “But come to think of it, Annette is right. They’re seeing all of the action, and we’re licking our thumbs, reading files.”

“And it’s bleedin’ time Sam realizes he isn’t the only capable being on the planet. We’ll kill two birds at the same time,” Emerald said.

“Stone,” Erin corrected. “It’s kill two birds with one stone.”

“However do you do that?”

“With damn good aim,” Annette suggested. “Let’s go hunting.” She didn’t have to say anything else before the women were out the door and piling into her BMW. When Annette pulled out of her driveway, she darted across the road and up the Rankins’ drive. But the house looked silent, and no cars were in the drive, so she circled around and headed for the highway.

“Hey, did Stef have the chickenpox at age two?” Erin asked, deep into a file.

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