Sleighed (Severton Search and Rescue Book 1) by Annie Dyer

Author:Annie Dyer [Dyer, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

Zack drove up roads she didn’t know existed, winding, single track paths with passing points and steep inclines. Sorrell was dressed for walking outdoors in the winter; layers of clothes, the walking shoes he’d recommended that would support her for the rockier bits, where there might be some climbing involved, although she had made him promise not to expect her to be some kind of super fit Wonder Woman. She wasn’t unfit, she was too active to be unfit, but she wasn’t a climber or even a walker of steep hills.

The views were spectacular as they climbed. Miles of countryside interspersed with hamlets and villages, Severton nestling in the centre where the buildings thickened. The season meant their views were unimpeded by thickened trees and she felt as if she was some ethereal creature with the ability to view the world from above.

“It’s amazing,” she said quietly. “I can see why you came home.”

Zack slowed the car, driving into a small parking area. “It’s got a lot of positives,” he explained. “But when I was a teenager all I wanted to do was get out of here. I hated everyone knowing what I was up to.”

“Or who you were up to,” she added, opening the car door.

A snowflake flickered down from the sky that was just the one shade of grey but full of promises.

“I lived in Jake’s shadow,” Zack said. “So no one paid much attention to me. They were all busy shaking their heads at him.”

Sorrell laughed quietly. “But you don’t deny anything.”

Zack shrugged. “There’s not that much to deny. Jake generally had at least two girls on the go. I stuck with one.”

“For how long until you’d break her heart?” Sorrell said.

He opened the car boot and pulled out his coat. “Fair point,” he said. “But what else are you meant to do as a teenager? How about your childhood sweethearts?”

“There were two,” she said. “I had a long term boyfriend through school, and then another at university. Then I fasted a bit before I met Mark. Do you want me to grab a sack?”

He pulled out the large sacks that he’d brought from the post office. They were clearly filled with wrapped presents, all labelled, but she hadn’t yet been able to read any of the tags.

“I think now would be a good time to explain what Santa’s deliveries are doing here,” she said.

He laughed, looking at the five bags. “Yeah, it does look like we mugged Rudolph, doesn’t it? We use Griff’s Cavern as a Santa’s grotto for the kids. I’ll take you in there once we stored the loot.”

She wasn’t much more the wiser, so instead she picked up a sack and followed him to a large plastic shed. Zack opened the padlock, exposing an insulated area big enough to store the bags, although there were already four bags there.

“Brill, Alex has picked the stuff up from Underwood already. That’s one less job for tomorrow,” he said, almost to himself. “Just leave the bags wherever they fit.

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