As soon as Akila's twin sister had invaded the town's friday night favourite tavern, his favourite Friday night getaway since the death of his mate, Dustin knew there was going to be trouble coming. His men were sure he wanted her to fill in the shoes of his dead mate, they were sure he wanted her for his companion, the women are already jealous that he's interested in another shade of brown. Despite the fact that he had tried hard not to show any interest in her. Except for the time he had to kiss her. Hell, he did it just to keep her from talking. Yet the kiss didn't stop at just stopping her from talking, neither did he want it to, it was just crazy. To make matters worse, he made her pass out, and it wasn't because of his passionate kiss either. She was seriously injured for Odin's sake. What the hell was wrong with him anyway? With an exasperated breath, he stood outside the Morgan's B&B examining Eric's wound, seeing where the bullet had

The doctor cleared his throat.  "No one knows what this is about, Are there still othergunmen out there? Just this one? Does anyone knows who hired him? Will there be another hit on her? A lot of people are very angry right now, because the shooter hurt two of our people and we don't know why and who is behind it."I think we should be trying to find who's behind it, sending her back isn't the solution until we figure out what's going on. What if Akilai didn't commit suicide?   Dustin looked at Doc in disbelief.  "You said she committed suicide, and Dr. Ronald proved it too. Also, my uncle said the same thing. As sheriff, he investigated the case and…   "And came to the same conclusion. But, Dustin, you're as persuasive as you want to be, and you're very convinced she killed herself, so we all agreed to it.   "For Odin's sake, Doc, if you three thought it was murder, you should have told me so."   "Well, yes, but—"

His cowboy hat covered his eyes, giving him an even darker-tempered appearance.Laura smiled at him Well, more than smiled at him, she practically melted in his presence.It really hit Akila wondering if the same love virus had infected him, or if it was just a one-way street.  When he looked at Laura, he didn't show the same kind of lovestruck attraction."Why, Bryan, are you done with this mess on the highway?" Laura asked, his voice sweet as Sugar.   "The sheriff chewed my ass out for not taking care of her mess." He jerked a thumb at Akila's direction.  "He said these shootings took precedence over the mudslide. Hell, they needed someone to redirect the traffic. There were four accidents there. Six people were injured.   "Laura stood up for you when she didn't need to. Akila glared at the deputy. Laura's mouth dropped open. "It seems that you still owe her a thanks.  No one else bothered to defend your actions. B

Dustin shook his head.  "She said she didn't know where he was." Her tone sounded so tearful that he believed her.  "I bet that piece of fur we found in the woods belonged to this guy. He's probably hanging out near the hospital, somewhere out of sight.Dustin put the key in the lock to open the door, just then they heard a window open inside."Someone is inside." He quickly turned the door lock and pushed the door but something was blocking the door from behind, his blood suddenly became hot, adrenaline rushed."Let's go round the back he shouted."They rushed down the hall, and Mrs Morgan who was on the way quickly rushed aside, knocking over the pitcher of water.  Dustin and his uncle rushed into the kitchen and slammed the back door behind them.  They opened the back door and were now outside the building.There was no sign of the intruder, but footprints had been left on the manicured lawn in the forest,

Dustin HOVERED OVER Akila while simultaneously REACHING FOR THE NURSE'S CALL BUTTON and having one of his hands on hers. Despite the fact that the pain was so intense, she decided against taking any more pain medication and made her felt like a zombie. This was the case despite the fact that the pain was felt by every nerve ending in her body. Nurse As soon as Jessica entered the room, she cast a curious look in both directions, first at Akila and then at Dustin. Dustin remarked that it sounded like the woman was in a lot of pain. “No.” Akila gave a slight nod of her head. "I can manage." There is no point in continuing to put up with it. Nurse Jessica extended her hand in the direction of the IV line. "You might as well make yourself at home." “No.” As Akila attempted to disengage herself from the intravenous line, she narrowed her eyes and shot the nurse and Dustin a menacing look. "I'm good. I don't want any more." Not only Dustin, but also Nurse Jessica smiled ever so sligh