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She glanced up into his face Dathat she couldn’t begin to fight her attraction to it His hood hidjaw and the stubble there that she wanted to rub up against like a cat "Really? An optical illusion?"
"Nah" He stepped in front of her and began walking "It’s definitely steeper from this side I just didn’t want you to psych yourself out" He kept going, striding forith purpose, not even bothering to look back to see if she was following
"Hey," she said
Ada, but she’d have sworn he did just that as he turned back to her "You can wait at the ATV I’ll go see if he’s up there"
"He’s going to be," she said,with you"
And so they walked They passed thedead were bleached skeletal tree stuer pines and firs atteas "What if we run into the wolves?"
"I’m armed," was all Adam said
Of course he was
She entertained herself by staring at his ass As far as scenery went, it was extremely watchable She had no idea how he could look so sexy just walking It was really inti, actually She tried to find her own sexy, but that was hard in hiking books and Adam’s oversized jacket over the top of hers
After a fewas it was, could no longer distract her "It’s coood now"
Ada hard, the ass "Need a break?"
"No" She’d take a break when she was dead Which at this pace "
But after another fewher doubts whether she’d be with hi on her ass working at a desk lately Too et back to so legs were eating up the distance with no trouble, though she suspected he was holding back a little bit on her account
Milo reappeared every fewas if they were one
"Anything?" she asked "He catching anyone’s trail?"
"Deer Wolves Elk" He shook his head "Nothing hu to say If her dad had cons "Don’t tell ave her a steady look and didn’t tell her that "You need water?"
"I’’s paws, giving hi, and Holly had an even harder ti herself sexy in thelike a drowned rat
Not that she cared about being sexy for Adaot to Diae, the day cah it, nose down, sniffing, searching, before co," Adan of anyone"
They searched for theht Her dad wasn’t here She felt Adale," she said "Or…"
"Or?"
"Maybe the caves at Kaniksu"
So too fast to naoing there, too"
He drew in a deep breath and nodded "Call hi until she did just that
She did, and got her dad’s voice e "His phone’s still off"
Or dead
"Let’sproductive
"Mount Eagle or Kaniksu?" she asked his back
Ada she didn’t catch before lifting his head "Mount Eagle first"
She nodded, and he gestured her ahead of him "After you," he said
As she led the way back to where they’d left the ATV, she wondered if he atching her ass this tiels, on which he squeezed peanut butter from a tube, then sprinkled raisins on top He handed her one, ," she said "Except this seears," he said as if she’d insulted hireed "It’s also a little cute, at least coood to scowl or frown at cute, but she could tell he was doing both on the inside She watched hiy biscuit, his hand fondly ruffling the dog’s fur
In response, Milo set his big head on Adaly
"He’s pretty darn cute, too," Holly said
Adam slid her a look "What is it with you and cute?"
She wasn’t sure Hor with cute, you know"
"We’re not cute"
Okay, that was probably true about Adam ninety-nine percent of the time To the best of her recollection, there was very little cute about hiave Milo a full body rub that had the dog practically purring, and she had to revise Maybe he had lected before I got hiets separation anxiety if he can’t sleep nearand eats up Jade’s shoes like bonbons"
"Aw, he misses you"
"More like Dell’s a sap and lets hiet hiot stateside,It’s part of the therapy I orking with dogs as a liaison between breeders and trainers and was in Arizona when I saw Milo for the first tiht I was supposed to take the entire litter But the breeder refused to givehe was a liability Apparently he’d failed all early training atte hiood ti, and the possibility of hi was absolutely nil He wouldn’t let me take him with the others because he was afraid I’d demand my money back down the road Milo was slated for the Humane Society Death row, of course"