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If it had depended on me, we would have left right away. But because the drive would be almost five hours and we didn’t know what would be waiting for us, Darcy was able to convince her grandson, the assigned team leader, to stay for the night and leave the next morning. And the leader ordered us to rest.
Easier said than done. Didn’t they know I barely slept these days?
They didn’t, because almost no one knew. No one was that close to me anymore.
Ten minutes before five in the morning, Kane showed up at my door. “Ready?” His voice was tight, and his gaze was hard.
He was still mad at me for my decision.
I slung my backpack over my shoulder. “Yes.”
He stepped to the side, allowing me to exit my cabin. I locked the door, and once out on the porch, I hugged myself against the cold
