Rock and a Hard Place by Andrea Bramhall

Author:Andrea Bramhall [Bramhall, Andrea]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Ylva-Publishing
Published: 2017-10-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Rhian watched as Brooke continued to glare at Jayden while she spoke to the group, handing out the day’s tasks and sending the first two pairs off to their high-overnight camps. She went over the use of the emergency sat phones as she handed them out to Lonnie and Hunter and Liv and Sky. She also handed out assignments, from kitchen cleanup to crevasse training, were handed out, and the group quickly scattered. Jayden came over and squatted in front of her, gently putting her hand on Rhian’s knee.

“Is this all right?” she asked quietly so no one else would hear.

Rhian nodded, charmed that Jayden still felt the need to check the limits of their new “relationship”, despite Rhian having given her the go-ahead the night before. After all, she was doing this for Rhian’s benefit, and all she seemed to be getting in return were glares from a certain someone. “I’m sorry she’s being difficult.”

Jayden chuckled. “Just wait till she’s had to climb out of a crevasse on her own. She won’t have the energy left to blink at me, never mind give me dirty looks like that.” She sniggered. “Speaking of crevasse training, I want you to join us for this one. I plan to make all the crew who will be out on the ice complete this training too. Next to avalanches, crevasses are the most dangerous part of being out on the glacier. Anyone out here is at risk, especially as the weather warms and the ice begins to melt. These huge moulins—”

“What’s a moulin?”

“It’s a glacier mill. Meltwater rushes through a tunnel or a crevasse and through the glacier. Sometimes they find their way to the lakes or the sea, and other times they don’t seem to go anywhere. They must run into a space inside the glacier and refreeze or find some other escape route. No one really knows, because no one’s gone into one and come out again—not alive, anyway.”

“Sweetheart, you need to work on your gentle delivery of bad news.”

Jayden laughed and ran her hand a little further up Rhian’s thigh. “Is that so, babe?” She squeezed her leg gently, then stood. Rhian’s gaze followed her, and she held her hand over her eyes to block the sun as it created a halo around Jayden’s mane of dirty-blond curls. “We’re leaving in twenty minutes, and you’ll need to pack your gear. Luiji’s in this group, so don’t keep us waiting.”

“Yes, boss,” she joked. “Anything else, boss?”

“Not right now.” She offered her hand and tugged Rhian to her feet. “I’m sure I can think of something later.”

“For God’s sake, get a room.” Brooke’s voice shocked Rhian. She hadn’t realised she was nearby, but clearly Jayden had and had played their little ruse to the hilt for her benefit.

Rhian swallowed the pang of disappointment that Jayden’s actions had been for the crowd and not for her. But she knew that. She knew it was all for the benefit of the others. She just wished it wasn’t.

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