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deserted streets of the sleeping town. When she saw the signs for the mountain trail, her pulse quickened. This is it , she told herself, sensing that the next days were going to have a significant effect on the course of her life.
It was a nice trail, if a little wild, and very narrow in places. It obviously didn’t get a lot of visitors. It was generally not too steep, but there were a couple of places where she had to scramble on all fours. By 10am the sun was overhead, blazing down on her fiercely. She took her shirt off and tied it around her waist, leaving her in a black tanktop, and she applied a good layer of factor 50 sunblock. There was no way she was going to meet Leigh today looking like a tomato, or even, worse, with a case of heatstroke. She filled her water bottle from a stream every now and then. It tasted delicious – fresh, pure and icy cold. After two hours of climbing, she noticed a very narrow track leading to a cave, far in the distance. She didn’t have time to stop and explore, but it seemed homely, inviting, somehow.
She discovered quickly that the trail loosely followed the path of the stream, and at lunchtime, she stopped at a spot where it had opened out and made an inviting little pool. She sat on a rock, in the shadow of a tree and ate her sandwiches, gazing at it wistfully.
When she’d finished, she made a snap decision. She stripped off her clothes, every single one of them, and plunged into the water. She yelled at the coldness, but after a minute, it felt amazing. The water was silky-soft on her skin, and deliciously cooling to her hot feet. She was just about hidden from the trail, but if someone decided to investigate the path of the stream here, they’d get a perfect view of her huge boobs and curvy belly, floating on top of the water. She didn’t care. The pleasure of being in the water outweighed any potential embarrassment.
She allowed herself to splash about for ten minutes, until she began to get cold. She jumped out, realizing that she didn’t have a single thing to dry herself with. Oh well! She thought, and laughed at her own impetuosity. She retreated to a spot a little further on, where she’d be able to see if anyone was coming, and drip-dried. Under the heat of the sun, she was completely dry in ten minutes. She dressed, applied another slick of sunblock, and pressed on with her hike.
The next part of the journey was in the shade – something she was very grateful for, and she made good progress. So far, she hadn’t seen another living soul. In a way, it was a little lonely, but at the same time, she enjoyed the feeling of being the only hiker on the mountain. It made her feel fearless and intrepid. She took advantage of being completely alone – a rare thing in her life – and sang all of her favorite songs in her strong, yet hopelessly tuneless voice.
Chapter Seven
As Adaira belted out her favorite Beyonce song, she was nothing like as alone as she’d thought. In fact, a bare two miles away was a huge black wolf, observing her intently from higher up the mountain. He’d been tracking her for the past couple of hours, never coming any closer than a mile, just staying ahead, a little to the side of the official trail. It was thanks to Shiftr’s proximity locator that he’d found her. Since he lived high up the mountain, he’d set it to alert him if anyone that he’d been in contact with came within ten miles of him. And this morning, as he’d been handing out the day’s roles and responsibilities to his pack’s enforcers, the Shiftr alert had gone off on his phone. When he saw who the woman was, he shivered with excitement. It was her . The one whose profile had set him on fire. There was just something about her. She looked so vibrant and alive, with hair the color of flames, and eyes that sparkled with vitality and fun. When she’d rejected him, he’d been totally crushed. But he was a proud wolf, and he wasn’t going to stoop to beg her. But
It was a nice trail, if a little wild, and very narrow in places. It obviously didn’t get a lot of visitors. It was generally not too steep, but there were a couple of places where she had to scramble on all fours. By 10am the sun was overhead, blazing down on her fiercely. She took her shirt off and tied it around her waist, leaving her in a black tanktop, and she applied a good layer of factor 50 sunblock. There was no way she was going to meet Leigh today looking like a tomato, or even, worse, with a case of heatstroke. She filled her water bottle from a stream every now and then. It tasted delicious – fresh, pure and icy cold. After two hours of climbing, she noticed a very narrow track leading to a cave, far in the distance. She didn’t have time to stop and explore, but it seemed homely, inviting, somehow.
She discovered quickly that the trail loosely followed the path of the stream, and at lunchtime, she stopped at a spot where it had opened out and made an inviting little pool. She sat on a rock, in the shadow of a tree and ate her sandwiches, gazing at it wistfully.
When she’d finished, she made a snap decision. She stripped off her clothes, every single one of them, and plunged into the water. She yelled at the coldness, but after a minute, it felt amazing. The water was silky-soft on her skin, and deliciously cooling to her hot feet. She was just about hidden from the trail, but if someone decided to investigate the path of the stream here, they’d get a perfect view of her huge boobs and curvy belly, floating on top of the water. She didn’t care. The pleasure of being in the water outweighed any potential embarrassment.
She allowed herself to splash about for ten minutes, until she began to get cold. She jumped out, realizing that she didn’t have a single thing to dry herself with. Oh well! She thought, and laughed at her own impetuosity. She retreated to a spot a little further on, where she’d be able to see if anyone was coming, and drip-dried. Under the heat of the sun, she was completely dry in ten minutes. She dressed, applied another slick of sunblock, and pressed on with her hike.
The next part of the journey was in the shade – something she was very grateful for, and she made good progress. So far, she hadn’t seen another living soul. In a way, it was a little lonely, but at the same time, she enjoyed the feeling of being the only hiker on the mountain. It made her feel fearless and intrepid. She took advantage of being completely alone – a rare thing in her life – and sang all of her favorite songs in her strong, yet hopelessly tuneless voice.
Chapter Seven
As Adaira belted out her favorite Beyonce song, she was nothing like as alone as she’d thought. In fact, a bare two miles away was a huge black wolf, observing her intently from higher up the mountain. He’d been tracking her for the past couple of hours, never coming any closer than a mile, just staying ahead, a little to the side of the official trail. It was thanks to Shiftr’s proximity locator that he’d found her. Since he lived high up the mountain, he’d set it to alert him if anyone that he’d been in contact with came within ten miles of him. And this morning, as he’d been handing out the day’s roles and responsibilities to his pack’s enforcers, the Shiftr alert had gone off on his phone. When he saw who the woman was, he shivered with excitement. It was her . The one whose profile had set him on fire. There was just something about her. She looked so vibrant and alive, with hair the color of flames, and eyes that sparkled with vitality and fun. When she’d rejected him, he’d been totally crushed. But he was a proud wolf, and he wasn’t going to stoop to beg her. But
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