"Okay, so what we're going to do is boil the water. You'll have to carry it upstairs to the bathtub."
"You want me to go outside—with the wolves?"
"They won't hurt you. They're well trained."
"I'm not willing to take that chance."
She blinked at him. "Are you planning to stay in the house forever?"
"No." He looked out the window. The big wolf watched him. He always watched him. "I'm hoping that he will go away. And when he returns I will fire a gun the way I saw you do—up in the air … at first."
"Well, I'm not sure that Wolf will leave as long as you're here." She was very aware of where he said he would place the first shot. If he thought a subsequent shot would go into her baby boy, then he would definitely find one in his own half-human brain! "Wolf and Girl have never stayed this
