I shake my head. “With all due respect, man — why would you join this when you would be in Hollywood banging a babe like Roxie freakin’ Roberts?”

Caleb chuckles beside me and for the primary time, I really feel the nice and cozy satisfaction of creating her chortle. It jars me a lot, I nearly don’t even hear Fox’s reply.

“As a result of I can’t contact her,” he says. “It’s an extended story, however… I left and now she has every thing. If I’d stayed, that wouldn’t be the case.”

I nod alongside along with his phrases, feeling a uninteresting ache for him. I do know somewhat one thing about not with the ability to have one thing — or somebody — you need.

“Rhys needs to know should you’ve discovered something.”

Caleb’s voice pulls me again. I open my laptop computer once more to refresh the satellite tv for pc feed.

“Not fairly,” I reply. “Only a little bit of noise and…” I pause as a darkish spot catches my eye. I zoom in to search out three giant vehicles touring in a straight line collectively. “A very suspicious-looking convoy heading north…”

Caleb shifts out of her chair to linger over my shoulder. She heaves a sigh. “Yeah, Carson. Only a little bit of noise.”

There’s anger in her tone, that means any progress I may need made with making her chortle is formally nugatory.

“It wasn’t there a minute in the past,” I say. “They’re clearly utilizing the sides of that sandstorm to remain out of sight and—”

“How far out are they?” she asks over me.

“About eighteen miles. And, by the way in which, your outdated crap may solely see like twelve miles out. So, you’re welcome.”

“Shut up and convey your laptop computer.”

She walks off, bolting in a straight line towards the command tent throughout the camp.

“Properly…” I shrug. “It doesn’t fairly have the identical ring to it as shut up and maintain your head down, however I suppose I’ll take it.”

Fox stands up. “Certainly one of as of late, you simply may get a shut up and kiss me out of her,” he jokes.

“Dude, it’s so not cool to toy with my feelings like that. I’m a really delicate man.”

He laughs and we depart the tent, following her bootprints by way of the sand.

His hand slaps my shoulder. “Field, let her go,” he says. “You may’t sustain together with her. Nobody can.”

The warning digs at me. I do know it’s true. Caleb is Marvel Lady. Sturdy, unbiased. An Amazonian rockstar. I must be Superman to make the slightest dent in her, however it could solely gradual her down for a second.

Fox is true. There’s no means a man like me will ever get near a woman like Caleb Fawn.

However that gained’t cease me from attempting.

* * *

The mysterious convoy settled at an deserted warehouse about ten miles east of our camp. Sundown is simply moments away, giving the sky a deep purple glow, meshing with the pale sand surrounding us.

I maintain quiet, watching intently as Fox peeks by way of his rifle’s scope from a few mile away. This fucking man. I’d hate his guts if he weren’t so rattling good. Cool as James Dean and as suave as mid-80s’ Patrick Swayze. No marvel his mom named him Fox.

“They don’t look hostile,” he mutters. “That is one thing else.”

I squint by way of my glasses, seeing solely the blurred strains and black dots on my laptop computer’s radar, together with a relatively menacing cloud taking over half the display screen. “Storm inching nearer…” I be aware, scanning the space.

Fox grabs his radio. “Caleb, are you in place?”

Her voice comes by way of. “Sure.”

“Are you able to see inside?”

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