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I sighed and nodded my head.

“It’s what you expected?”

“Yup.”

“What are you going to do about it?”

I shrugged. “I have no idea. She’s already showing improvements since she stopped taking the meds. Are there any long term effects I should be aware of?”

“If she’s still alive after drinking that mess, then she’ll be okay.” He cleared his throat. “Is she like you?”

“What does that mean?”

“You know what the hell that means. Is she like you?”

“Uh, yeah?”

“Check on her wolf. She could be buffering her from the full toxicity of that crap, but it could also affect the wolf. Toxic to humansandanimals,” he repeated.

My jaw dropped open. He did know.

“Oh, close your mouth. You really think I didn’t know? Your grandaddy was my best friend for over fifty years. I’ve known you since you were just a little pup and same for your father before that.”

“Um, okay,” I said. I didn’t have a clue how to respond to that.

“Go home, Landon. Check on your mate and her wolf. If the wolf is having difficulties, call me. I’ll start working up something to help counter the effects some just in case.”

I stood up and hugged the old man. “Thank you.”

“What are you going to do with the one who created this toxic mess?”

I shrugged. “I guess we’ll soon find out.”

Kaitlyn

Chapter 25

Now that I was starting to feel better, the last thing I wanted to do was stay in bed. I needed fresh air and to move around. Landon had gone into town to test the tea Clover had been shoving down my throat. I didn’t need the results; I knew she was poisoning me. I could feel the difference in less than twenty-four hours.

“Tobi, please. Let’s just go for a walk,” I begged.

“No. I have strict orders. You aren’t to drink anything that whacko gives you. You aren’t to leave this room or do anything at all until we know for sure that you’re safe.”

“But I’m going to die of boredom. I need to move,” I protested.

“Landon will kill me if I let anything happen to you.”

“Landon loves you. He would never hurt even a hair on your head.”

“Well, I’m not willing to test that theory.”

I crossed my arms over my chest and dramatically sat in the chair in the corner of the room. At least she’d let me out of bed. I supposed I should be thankful for that much.

“How’s our patient?” Abby asked as she peeked into the room a little more chipper than I was ready for.

Cadence was right behind her. “Wow, you actually do look better. I guess the rumors are true.”

“Can we just apologize again?” Abby asked. This wasn’t exactly the first round of this exact conversation.