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Luke didn’t eat. He didn’t go in the camper. Not a chance he’d sleep.
Instead he sat out by the car.
He spent two hours meticulously reviewing and marking the Stage Eight Road Book, knowing it was pointless. Zoe wasn’t coming back.
Somewhere way past midnight, Nikita came out to sit with him. She didn’t say a word, simply dropped her phone beside his on the table and sat with him in silence.
She knew…something. But a bond tighter than superior officer and tighter than team membership (which was a hell of a bond in ST6) made her keep her silence. She was the closest thing he had to a friend, but she still didn’t speak.
This went beyond friendship. Far enough beyond that she hadn’t even told Drake—the man she’d married. Loved enough to marry.
His need to protect Zoe was an ache tha
