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about the log?”  
    “There’s still a few hours until sunrise.” Sam tugged her closer and murmured, “We have to find our way out tomorrow.”  
    “I know. I’d rather stay like this.”  
    “Me too, cupcake. Sleep now. We’ll talk later.”  

Chapter Six  

    Lacy yawned and poked Sam. “It’s dawn.”  
    He groaned. “I’m tired.”  
    “Your fault, you fiend.” Her insides liquefied as she remembered Sam waking her with ravenous kisses. Coaxing her to the log like some mythological god to ravish her in the moonlight. It’d been hedonistic, magical and perfect.  
    “Was worth it. C’mere. I like waking up with you.”  
    “You do?”  
    “Mmm-hmm.”  
    She scooted away from him and the temptation to put faith in words he’d uttered when he was half-asleep. “Move it, Becker.”  
    “Slave driver.”  
    Once they’d packed up, Lacy stared at the swath of clear water disappearing around a steep curve.  
    “What?” Sam asked.  
    “I think we should follow the river today. There’s bound to be fishermen or others close by.”  
    “Okay.”  
    Why didn’t Sam argue and remind her he was in charge? Or discount her suggestion?  
      Because he’s different from any man you’ve known and he trusts you.  
    “Anxious to get back?” she asked.  
    Sam crouched to fill his canteen. “Yes.”  
    He appeared to be dealing with their upcoming separation much better than she.  
    They talked about everything and nothing on their journey through swampy spots and around boulders. As the hours passed her steps dragged and his pace increased.  
    “Sam, wait. I need to catch my breath.” Lacy rested her backside on a rock.  
    “What’s the first thing you’ll do when we get back?”  
    “Throw these boots away. You?”  
    “Eat a steak the size of Wyoming.” He stalked toward her with an unmistakable gleam in his eyes. “Will you have dinner with me?”  
    She studied his face. “Just as long as snake isn’t on the menu. But we—”  
    “We’ll talk later. Give me this mouth. God. I crave the taste of you.”  
    These beautiful, sensual kisses chock-full of promise didn’t happen every day. Her heart beat crazily. His familiar scent, the certainty of his mouth moving on hers, the heat of his body, inundated her and felt…right.  
    Just as her blood reached the boiling point, Sam ripped his mouth away. “Did you hear that?”  
    “Probably a deer.”  
    “No. Listen.”  
    Then she heard it. A sputtering motor.  
    “You were right to have us follow the river. Come on.” Becker raced toward the sound.  
    Her energy level was rock-bottom. By the time she reached the source, a humble aluminum fishing boat nestled in the rushes along the shore. Sam and a wrinkle-faced fisherman were deep in conversation.  
    “Hey! There’s your missus.”  
    Sam didn’t correct the old man. “Lacy, this is Jeb. He says we’re only seven miles upstream from the lodge.”  
    “The lodge we started out from five days ago?”  
    “Hard to believe, isn’t it? Anyway, Jeb’s got cell service and I’ve left a message for my partner Dave to meet us there. We’ll be docking within an hour. Isn’t it great?”  
    “Yeah. Super.”  
    His eyes narrowed. “What’s wrong?”  
    “Just hungry. And tired.” And heartsick at the thought of saying goodbye to you.  
    Sam stepped closer, shielding her from Jeb. “Everything will work out.”  
    “How can you be so sure?”  
    “Fate.”  
    “B-but. You don’t believe in that crap.”  
    “Yes I do.”  
    “Since when?”  
    “Since the moment I set eyes on you. I didn’t want to believe it or admit what it means because it scares me. And proves my mother was right.”  
    Lacy was stunned into silence.  
    The boat engine whined. Jeb shouted, “Let’s get you folks back where you belong.”  
    Sam helped her aboard the narrow boat. He sat in the rear seat, Lacy in the middle. Jeb steered the craft into