“And the best thing for poor Maze would be to have Meg back.” Evan looked back into the truck to see Maze still passed out from pain and exhaustion.
“You’ll do this with me?” Alik asked the group. He pulled his shoulders back feeling pride in the people he considered family.
“All in!”
“Absolutely!”
“Brilliant idea!”
“Not gonna let you have all the fun.”
“Let’s get our girl.”
“Wait, now you realize this could be a suicide mission. We’re all already battle-worn and it might just take a miracle for me to track a helicopter,” Alik frowned, second-guessing himself.
“For the sake of the trees, Alik! We have to get your sister back for the sake of the trees!” Cole smirked and jumped back into the SUV.
Evan smiled at Cole and slugged Alik’s shoulder. “C’mon Alik. Let’s go give a miracle its chance to happen.”
“I’m driving,” Creed nodded over his shoulder to the SUV where everyone was climbing excitedly back inside.
“Of course, you are. Now you get to be the one to tell Farrow. She can be a little bossy sometimes.”
“Not as bossy as Meg.” Creed smiled wistfully at the thought of his dark-eyed fighter.
“That’s very true,” Evan agreed.
“Damn, I love that girl,” Creed rubbed the moisture from his eyes as he rounded the SUV to have a quick talk with Farrow about the keys.
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Winter’s Legacy, the sixth and final book in the Winter’s Saga series, is scheduled for release October 2013.