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didn’t feel she’d broken anything, but her wrist hurt. And she couldn’t seem to catch her breath so she could rise to a sitting position.
    She wanted to lie here, soak up the sun that the two boys now blocked, and get her bearings. Their faces wore frowns as they looked her over.
    â€œDoesn’t look like she’s got any visible broken bones,” Cody said.
    â€œI secured the area,” Anthony said on the phone. He’d crossed her skis upright in the snow to warn skiers above that a safety issue existed below them.
    The boys were gray wolves. She hadn’t seen or scented the girl yet and hoped she wouldn’t get hurt on the slope while looking for Elizabeth’s camera. But she was glad the girl was searching for it and hoped it was all right. At least no one else was on the trail. Thank God.
    â€œI’m all right,” Elizabeth said. “I… just need a moment.”
    â€œHot damn, she’s a wolf,” Anthony said.
    She frowned at him. No one mentioned the wolf word. Or in her case, coyote, either. Not in public.
    As if he read her mind, he grinned. “No one around to hear me but us wolves.”
    And one part coyote.
    â€œShe’s the one Tom must have brought up to the ski resort. All the guys are talking about her,” Cody said. “ And the kiss .” He grinned big time. “Cantrell said he caught them on his phone video recorder, but he won’t share unless you pay for it. A few other guys took shots with their cell phones, too. They’re sharing for free, sending emails to the pack.”
    Her whole body warmed, and she suddenly felt feverish. She couldn’t believe the word had spread that fast. Or that anyone had bothered to catch their actions on camera. Sure, she knew that a pack shared information to protect themselves, but still… She thought Tom had been exaggerating.
    â€œWhere do you hurt?” Cody asked, crouching down in front of her.
    Everywhere. She would be fine once she got off this black slope, if trying to ski downhill didn’t kill her.
    â€œShe’s having trouble concentrating, unable to answer questions,” Anthony said into his cell when Elizabeth didn’t answer right away. “She’s the one Tom brought up here.” Anthony grinned, put his hand over the phone, and said, “You’re a celebrity. You’ll have the entire ski patrol checking you out.”
    With mortification, she felt like she was having a hot flash, and she was sure she could melt the mogul she rested against into a puddle of water.
    â€œI’m fine,” she said, trying to sit up. “I’m not having trouble concentrating. Just breathing.”
    â€œNo, just lie still,” Cody said, his hand on her shoulder. “You might have a spinal injury.” He turned to the other boy. “And tell them she has shortness of breath.”
    â€œI hurt my wrist a little, and I feel a little sore. I’ll be fine if I can just get down the slope.” Actually, at this point, if she could just get up. “I’m not having any trouble breathing,” she amended. She shouldn’t have said she hurt anywhere.
    â€œDid you get all that?” Anthony asked, and she realized that as she spoke to Cody, Anthony must have held the phone nearer to her so that she would give the information directly to the ski patrol. “Okay,” Anthony said to Cody. “Don’t let her move an inch.”
    She rolled her eyes.
    Cody smiled at her.
    â€œI found her camera!” Minx called out from the woods.
    Elizabeth breathed a little sigh of relief, though she still worried the camera might be damaged.
    â€œSki patrollers are on the way,” Anthony said.
    Great. She hoped they didn’t include Tom.
    ***
    â€œYard sale!” a couple of skiers yelled out from the lift. Tom skied down the slope and saw an unfamiliar woman wipe out, losing her ski poles and skis all over the