He’d keep his eyes on the road.And he did, mostly. I turned on the radio and turned up the air conditioner. I leaned back my chair a little and trie... to relax. The air played across my skin. I ran my hands over my thighs and combed my fingers through my bush. Touched myself, just a little, to feel the wetness there. My husband chuckled at that, delighted to see I was actually enjoying myself. The restaurant had been more like a dare. As nervous and sweaty as I’d been in the restaurant, this was. Those folks need your help. You can’t just ignore them.”“I know, sweety. My mind was made up before Paul was finished talking.”Just then, Paul came back on the radio. “You still there, Mountain Man?”“Yeah, I’m here, Paul. Give me their coordinates. Are you in contact with them?”“Negative Matt, just the EPIRB signal. Here’s their location.” Paul read off the latitude, longitude.“Ok, Paul, I’ll get on the trail as quickly as possible. You wouldn’t happen to have a reliable weather report?”There. " Armand said, still attempting to hold his mock-attention stance in spite of a slight grin that was now tugging at the corners of his mouth. Edward sensed the humor in the warrior and decided to play into the joke."And just what are you grinning at, soldier!" He shouted in mock-anger, but there was enough of a laugh in his voice to let Armand know that he was being joked with. The lanky Arab responded in kind."Your still-necked leadership methods, sir!"This time Edward was unable to hold back. "Or I would have been in big trouble." I'm sorry I tried to hurt you and your clan Derek. Can you, Maggie, and Claw ever forgive me?" Argent whispered."There's nothing to forgive," Derek said while taking Argent's other hand. "It wasn't you fault. It's just one more thing Sevarius will have to answer for."Goliath looked at the clock above the bed. "Derek, you and your clan had best leave now. It's almost sunrise, and you can't risk being seen in daylight." If it's all right, I'd like to stay.