Alaska Wild by Helena Newbury

Author:Helena Newbury [Newbury, Helena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01MY3VUIP
Goodreads: 33412780
Publisher: Foster & Black
Published: 2016-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

35

Boone

I had a plan, of course. I’d had a plan for four years. I always knew the military might find me and that I’d have to run. I knew what to take. I knew where to go.

Except in my plan, I’d never included a civilian. Especially one I was crazy about. I dressed for the outdoors every day but she was going to have to start from absolute scratch. And we’d need two of everything and...shit!

I was panicking because, for the first time, I had someone else to worry about.

I grabbed Kate and hauled her inside. “Get that blanket off!” I snapped. She shed it immediately. That left me looking at her naked body and, despite everything that was going on, I couldn’t help but stare, unable to drag my eyes away. I didn’t regret what we’d done the night before. Not for an instant. Not even knowing that, when we reached a town, I’d have to say goodbye.

If we live that long. And that thought got me moving again. “Get your underwear on,” I told her. As she pulled on her bra, I started throwing things to her: a warm base layer, then waterproof pants. A tight, insulating long-sleeved t-shirt and then one of my thick shirts.

I looked at my spare pair of boots. There was no point even trying: my feet were twice the size of hers. “You’ll have to go with your shoes,” I told her. But she could at least wear some of my wool socks.

I glanced up to toss her the socks...and froze again. She’d just pulled the black thermal base layer up her legs and, as I watched, she struggled into the matching top half. Fortunately, they were stretchy enough that they were fairly tight even on her small form. She looked like some movie super heroine, all clad in skintight black Lycra. Goddamn it, she makes even thermals look sexy.

I threw her the socks and tore my eyes away. I kept a backpack packed for myself on a hook on the wall but I started packing one for her, throwing in an extra set of dry clothes, more socks and—just in case we got separated—a flint and steel for lighting fires. Hopefully, I’d get a chance to show her how to use it. I dug under the bed and pulled out a box, then started tossing plastic pouches into her pack.

“What are those?” She’d pulled on the waterproof pants, now, and was turning up the cuffs to shorten them.

“Military rations,” I said. “We’re not going to get a chance to hunt.” My mind was spinning. I knew I had my pack ready, but I was trying to remember everything I had in it so I could give her one.

She started pulling on the shirt. “How long do you think we’ve got?”

I glanced at the open door. “Depends how good their driving is. That’s tough terrain even if you know what you’re doing. They could get stuck. But….” I thought about the guy I’d seen driving, alongside Weiss.

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