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She had a feeling that this situation wasn’t new or unique.
As far as she was concerned, Jack’s attitude lightened her own mood.
“Alright. Alright,” The man beside her grumbled. “Back away from the car so I can take her up.”
Jack stepped back and held up her hands in surrender. “Okay, big man.” She took another step back and stumbled.
Noelle reached her hand out, but it didn’t make a bit of difference.
Blue caught Jack before she could do much more than stumble back a step.
As the truck pulled forward, Noelle looked out the window toward the two rangers.
She saw the way Blue held Jack, one hand on her back, the other around her waist.
Noelle smiled to herself.
Those two were definitely more than teammates.
Sitting back in her seat she looked over at the ranger sitting beside her.
“What?”
Startled she blinked at him.
Maybe he’d seen what she’d seen?
“What are you looking at me like that for?”
Ah… She smiled. Maybe he didn’t.
Noelle put her hands in her lap and bit into her cheek.
Interesting…She told herself.Very interesting….
CHAPTER 3
NOELLE
This… This wasn’t what she was used to.
The skulls she looked at were clean.
Processed.
The skull that she was looking at?
It was different from the one in the picture.
Not in itself.
But it was out of the ground.
Still with dirt on it.
Plant matter clinging to it.
It was…
