That was a fake-it-til-you-make-it smile if Harrison had ever seen one. He’d been running ascent scenarios since he got her out of the SUV. She was shaky but not terribly injured, best he could tell. Her red wool coat and jeans were meant for the city, but at least she wasn’t wearing some ridiculous high-heeled shoes or designer boots. The rubber-soled Wallabees would give some decent traction. The safest way would be to send her up first.
“You ever do any rock climbing?”
She went brows up. “Does the climbing wall at the gym back in college and grad school count?”
She couldn’t be that far out of school. “Better than nothing.” He pulled out the para-cord and began to uncoil it. “I’m gonna fashion an emergency harness for you and belay you up the incline.”
“You’re gonna trust my weight t
