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She looked as neat and edible as she had when Tiger had firston the side of the road in pristine white, one hand holding her cell phone, fingers of the other splayed on her shapely hip
Soer that she was his ht No woman not a mate of the heart would be so deteret away
Tiger wouldn’t let her endanger herself rew hot, then hotter Walker turned off on another road that led into rocky hills and canyons The road beca
After about an hour or so on this road, traveling at a crawl, Walker pulled over There was nothing out here except heated sky and rock, with trees and scrub clinging to the sides of the canyons No other cars, no buildings, nothing
"Carly, how good are you at reading o on road trips withthe road, and they never pay attention to their GPS, if they even turn it on So I navigate Put it another way, I yell at them to not miss the turn"
"No GPS service in this truck," Walker said "And it’s best if you don’t turn on your cell phone If you can read a map, I’ll show you If not, I’ll just tell you"
"No trouble about er "Show er waited while Walker spread out a map on the seat and pointed out the roads she needed to take to lead her back to the freeway and on to El Paso She’d cross the border there and take er
"And you’ll be?" Carly asked hilanced over the seat again at Tiger "So Walker co care of Walker, not the other way around
Tiger opened the back door and stepped out of the SUV He flexed his cra stretches of tirasses, wind, earth No pollution, no scent of hu the breeze Clean, fresh, beautiful A wild place, which called to his heart He wanted to shift and run, never stop running
He heard Carly leave the SUV, her sneakers crunching on the gravel of the road Tiger went around the vehicle to her, catching her before she ht, which burned her hair with golden highlights "See you soon," Carly said softly
Tiger pushed her against the side of the SUV, his body he her face to his
"Mate of my heart," he said "You alill be No matter what"
Carly’s eyes shone with tears "Re in love with you? Well, I think I have All the way"