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His laughter dies down. Gray gets a serious light in his silver eyes.
“I want to teach you how to shoot.”
I cock an eyebrow at him.
“A gun?”
“No, a bow and arrow. Yes, a gun. It’s always useful to be able to protect yourself.”
I purse my lips and give him a pout.
“Isn't that what you’re here for?”
“Yes, but once you learn how to shoot, you know how to shoot forever.”
I have to laugh at his phrasing.
“Okay, you can teach me to shoot.”
His mouth flies open and I silence him with a finger on his lips.
“I have caveats.”
“Caveats?”
We’re both smiling huge. I haven’t felt this giddy since I was a schoolgirl. Everything with Gray feels fresh, new and easy. Despite all of our differences, we really seem to get along well.
Of course, that might be the famed post-coital glow clouding my judgment.
“What sort of caveats?” he asks.
“I want to film it.”
His smile vanishes like water on a hot griddle.
“Not a chance.”
“Wait, I never said I would livestream it or anything. I just want to record it and send it to my team. That’s it.”
“Charlotte…”
He wipes a hand through his hair. His silver gaze fills with trouble.
“You know the Order has some excellent hackers working for them. What if they manage to figure out our location from your post?”
“I can send it to my people by using an encrypted file, and I’ll make sure not to include any details about our location, all right?”
Gray strokes his chin, brow furrowed with deep thought.
“I don’t know…the Order might be able to gauge our location a lot of different ways. The angle of the sun, the proximity to the ocean…”
“Okay, tell me this, then: Could you figure out where we are just based on that? Could Harlowe?”
He takes a breath, releases it, and then shakes his head.
“No. I don’t think so. It doesn’t mean that the Order couldn’t.”
I heave a long, exasperated sigh.
