ELEVEN
“Don’t beat yourself up, men are just superior in general.” Strike leaned over the cockpit of the tiny plane to flick a switch near her. “You didn’t have a choice. You had to come. You rely on me now.”
So far, Rora had managed to say very little to him. If she’d had any other choice, she would never have gone to the airfield. Rora had even considered that she could get in touch with Bella and try her luck direct. Except, she had no way to contact Bella and no way was she leaving Benjamin out there to rot another day if she didn’t have to.
When Strike had said airfield, she didn’t expect it to be so far out, or for Strike to be the one flying them. It was really aggravating how it seemed there wasn’t anything outside his range of expertise.
“Do you know what my favorite part of t
