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“That would work if you need to. I can carry your backpack.”
But she didn’t want to do that to him. She was making the climb all the way to the top. When they finally reached the lake, she sighed. “Now this was well worth the hike. We should have brought a tent and stayed overnight. It would be gorgeous to see the sunset on the lake tonight.” She set her backpack on the rocks and then pulled out her jacket and put it on. “That is, if it didn’t storm.”
“Next time. We can hike a little later in the afternoon.” He pulled out his jacket too and slipped it on.
“Yeah, that sounds great.”
It would take too long for the sun to set otherwise. They could make their way back to the cabin without any trouble with their wolf sight at night. But they couldn’t swim in the ice-cold water, and there wasn’t anything else to do up here except enjoy the vista. Which was truly amazing.
They took pictures of themselves at the lake and of the vista. Then they ate tuna fish in easy-to-carry packages and apples before they began the hike back down. They saw a couple of red-tailed hawkssoaring way up above, and Kayla shivered. “It’s chilly up here after that long, hot hike.”
“Yeah, but as soon as we head down, we’ll be stripping off our jackets.”
Then they saw six hikers headed up the mountain on the path they had taken.
“Looks like we’re going to have company,” she said.
“It’ll take them awhile. We can take the other path down. It meanders a bit more, but then we’ll have more privacy.”
“Yeah, sure. I’m all for it.”
They lifted their backpacks on their shoulders and headed across the ridge to the other trail. Then they started the descent. At least up here, they didn’t have any trouble with bad guys. This was way too rigorous a hike for someone who might have hidden the other bags of jewelry from his cohorts, and no one would be foolhardy enough to look for any, way up here. So all Kayla and Nate would find were other hikers like them.
They had made it a good way down the mountain when, both of them getting too hot, they paused to peel off their jackets and stuffed them into their backpacks.
They finally made it to the base of the mountain, and she wanted to run for the cabin and get into her swimsuit. “Let’s run,” she said, getting a burst of energy.
“Yeah, do you want me to take your backpack?”
“Don’t tempt me.”
He reached for her arm and pulled her to a stop. “I’m an Army Ranger, remember? We carried way more than this on a run. I’ve got yours.” He relieved her of her pack and then carried hers too.
Then they were running again. “You should have mentioned it before we made that climb,” she teased.
He laughed. “I should have just carried everything in my pack. But if we had gotten separated at any point—”
“No way that is going to happen. We are sticking together through thick and thin.” But she was running much faster now without her backpack. She finally reached the cabin door and unlocked it, then went inside.
Nate was right behind her, and he dropped their packs on the floor and locked up. She had already dashed for the bedroom. “Not shifting, are you?” he asked.
“Nope. Getting into my swimsuit and we’re going swimming. Then we can return to the cabin, shower, make love, have dinner, play dominoes, and watch the sunset.”
“You see why I let you make all the plans? They’re perfect,” he said, joining her in the bedroom. He hurried to yank his shirt over his head.
She already had hers off and was removing herhiking boots. “So about dinner tonight. Do steaks sound good? Baked potatoes? Spinach?”
“Yeah, that sounds great. I’ll grill the steaks and make my special herb butter.” He removed his hiking boots and socks.
“Hmm, now you’re talking.” She slipped off her socks, but he unhooked her bra and kissed her shoulders.
“You are so delicious,” he said, licking her skin. “Delectable.” He slid his shorts off his hips and kicked them aside.
“You too.” She licked his earlobe and nibbled on it, and then he was pulling off her panties.
She removed his boxer briefs, but then she pushed him onto the bed, deciding she wanted to ravish him first before they went swimming. He seemed just as eager to make love to her as he pulled her on top of him and wrapped his arms around her, pinning her on top of his body. He was already so hard, his arousal poking at her, and she loved it. Loved how masculine he was. How sexy.
No way could she put off making love to him before going swimming. That fun activity would have to come after this one.
