MITCHELL WOKE TO THE feel of a warm hand shaking him awake.
“Hey, Blue.” Donner’s loud whisper brought with it the knowledge that it was morning already. f**k, he was still tired.
“Yeah?”
Mitchell forced himself into a seated position, though his back ached and his throat sounded so froggy anyone would think he smoked.
“Jessie’s expecting Jay this morning and there’s no way he’ll find his way in the dark. Can you go with him?”
Thump... thump... thump. Mitchell’s heart began to speed up, his level of alertness rising so quickly he could feel sweat break out on his forehead.
Does Donner know that Jay wants me? That I want him? What if he could smell us in the bathroom? What’s he going to do to me?
“Uh, do you want to ask Lachie? I need to finish those fences today.”
Donner stood up f
