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She stared into his fierce gaze, saw the worry there, and realized that if it wasn’t safe for hi to be okay," Hud told her "He’s on a rope and so is Mitch Trustto let each other fall But more importantly, they’re safer than we are Get back in the truck I’ll go get a radio and bring it to you You can talk to him yourself and see Okay?"

"He’s on a rope?"

"Yes"

She gave the cliff one last stare

"Lily"

"Okay, yeah" She let Gray pull her frouide her back to his truck

He shut her in the passenger side and beeped the locks as he walked around the hood

She sriot in, he relocked the doors, hitting the child lock while he was at it

"Oh, for God’s sake," she said

He said nothing at all, just cranked the heater, pointing the vents at her

They sat in silence for the few et back to the

"Goddammit, Hud," Gray bitched

Hud s to make her feel better She held out her hand for the radio

He hesitated "Okay, but first I need to tell you so He’s a little injured--"

"Oh, God" She sucked in a breath and felt her vision go wonky

Hudson reached forward and slid his hand to the nape of her neck "Push back against ot you," Gray said quickly at her side

Most of her brain felt consumed by panic, but Gray’s voice and Hudson’s hand on her neck anchored her They were turned toward her, concentrating on her, gauging her reactions Probably they orried she was a flight risk, and they’d be right on that score, but she saw genuine concern in their eyes

"It’s going to be okay," Hudson promised