NINETEEN
Trick had been like a petulant child when it came time for them to separate. They’d managed to find two checkpoints together as a group, but the third was different for the two pairs. She and Sadie had to go one way, while Trick and Kira went the other.
But he’d loitered on the path and when Lyla went to check if he was okay, he kissed her and held her close, refusing to let her go. Eventually, he had to, because the day was getting on.
She and Sadie found their marker and were back somewhere in the middle of the pack. Trick and Kira were dead last, not by a short amount of time either, they were back almost an hour after everyone else. While Lyla joked about Trick having to make an entrance, he didn’t laugh, and he wasn’t in a good mood.
Her husband wasn’t in a good mood for
