Chapter Twenty
Taylor handed a nutrition pack to Lonnie. She smiled down at the boy. He returned her smile, but it quickly sagged in the intense heat.
“It will cool off in a couple of hours,” she murmured.
“I know,” Lonnie replied.
She picked up several of the drink packs and carried them to where the men were standing, looking off into the horizon. Her eyes swept over Saber’s tall form. Pleasure and pride washed through her. A rosy blush that had nothing to do with the heat suffused her cheeks when he turned and watched as she struggled to climb the small sand dune.
“I know you guys are big, tough warriors, but I also know that dehydration doesn’t care about that,” she said, smiling up at them.
“Thank you, Taylor,” Hunter replied, reaching for one of the packs.
“What’s wrong?” she
