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“Never,” was all Ty could manage.
“Never what?” Mallory’s voice was barely a breath as she lay beneath him on the blanket. He’d carried it out here, along with a pocketful of foiled-wrapped hope, just on the off chance that she’d come find him and want…
He sighed again, unable to do more. He’d imagined s*x with Mallory, but he’d never imagined this.
There was no privacy, no space at the Zulies’ base. Especially not with all of the other outfits on site. There were smokies and pilots in every bunk. Hotshots crashed out on the floor and camped on the grass out by the US Forest Service building. Anything as gentle as commercial Boeing 737s roaring along the runway couldn’t wake a firefighter fresh off a big burn.
Instead, Mallory had come to him in the place they’d found last night. I
