Chapter 15When Dusty suggested to Doug he go back and escort Mari over as soon as she was ready, the younger man brightened. Dusty grinned wryly to himself. Kid’s really impressed with her. Although it was going to hurt like hell, he’d push them together as much as he could. Doug was just twenty-one, barely old enough to be bonded and licensed to carry a weapon. He was much more suitable for a young lady not quite twenty than someone past thirty-eight.
Still, by the time five minutes had passed and they weren’t back, he began to glance at his watch every few seconds when he should have been paying close attention to Charlie’s battle plan. What in the world’s keeping them?
A moment later, the door swung open. Doug ushered Mari in. She looked pale beneath her tan, clutching Tee Dee so tigh
