Sounds of the Forgotten by Rayne W. Grath

Author:Rayne W. Grath [Grath, Rayne W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733671408
Publisher: GR Creative
Published: 2019-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Aarik

Aarik watched as Kiya sashayed away and felt relieved knowing she was safe. Every minute past nine was torture as he had waited impatiently for her earlier that night. She was a grown woman and had it made more than clear that she could take care of herself, but something about her brought out his protective side. He wanted her to need him and was surprised to find he was willing to wait until that day. His longer strides ate up the distance between them and just as she was about to enter her tent he called out to her, “Hey, did you ever see Diego?”

“I forgot to look but I don’t know what car he drives, so who knows,” she said and looked like she wanted to say more as she stalled outside her tent with the flap open.

“Weird. Guess he couldn’t hack it,” Aarik said, trying to blow off the nagging feeling something was off.

“Yeah, maybe. Do you know which tent he took? Maybe he’s already back,” she suggested as she looked around.

“No, afraid I wasn’t paying attention. I seem to remember we were having a conversation at the time he left and I must confess, I couldn’t keep my eyes off of you,” he admitted freely.

“Do I need to go back to calling you Dr. Landon?” she threatened jokingly, tucking her hair behind her ear nervously.

“Point taken,” he said raising his hands in defeat. “Guess we’ll find out in the morning. I don’t think going tent to tent to validate your theory would garner me much respect. Need to keep the help happy, if you know what I mean. Besides, I’d hate to see what Cooper wears to bed, to be honest,” he said, shoving his hands into his pockets. Aarik rocked back and forth on his feet as he stalled their goodnight.

“Well, I’m going to head to bed,” she said and stopped when she was halfway in. “Damn it! I forgot the air mattress in my car. Gonna be another long night,” she said with a sigh.

“What’s wrong with the one you have?” he questioned.

“Slow leak, had to keep filling it through the night,” she replied.

“Ahh, good,” he said accidentally.

“Good? Good that I didn’t sleep? Did I hear you correctly?” she said in confusion.

“Did I say that out loud? Sorry, I didn’t mean it that way,” he apologized. “It’s just you were extra grumpy this morning and now that I know about your deflated mattress, it means there’s hope for you yet,” he offered gingerly.

“Don’t bet on it,” she retorted between giggles.

“If you want I can go back and get it. Just give me your keys,” he said, reaching out for the keys.

“That’s not necessary. I’ve slept on worse,” she said adamantly, inching back a bit.

“I might have a patch kit in my tent,” he offered, in a last ditch effort to solve her problem and extend their time together.

“That might help,” she said hesitantly, looking up at him with hope in her eyes.

“Follow me,” he replied nervously, as he licked his lips and walked over to the entrance of his tent.

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