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Authors: Vivian Arend
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stood at the line ready for their turn in the staggered start.
“I just don’t want to make trouble for the team. I’ve brought my pills along in case, but I’m not going
to be able to do this hike very quickly. I hope I don’t disappoint you.”
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He crossed his arms for a moment, leaning his torso away from her. It was impossible to not admire
the bulk of his arms, his biceps bulging his T-shirt. “It’s not a race for speed. We have to solve puzzles as
we go along. I expect you will be able to keep up just fine, and you’re going to be a big help in contributing
to us winning this event.”
He spoke with such confidence her fears faded a little.
Erik motioned to the others. “Come on, team, let’s take another look at the instructions. We have
thirty minutes still until our start.”
They gathered around, backs to the trees at the edge of the clearing. Before them the Dyea flats
stretched to meet the ocean. The early-afternoon air was warm with the promise of heating up nicely. Erik
spread out the map at their feet and traced the route they would follow. She was happy to see that once they
started hiking, they’d be in the trees for the first third of the hike.
“Three days is the maximum time allotted to complete the thirty-three miles to Bennett Lake. That’s a
good solid hike, but it’s not a race pace. We’ll be going faster than the original Gold Rushers, but we don’t
have to carry as much gear. However, we not only have to reach the checkpoint in time, we have a series of
clues to find. Some of them will be used later in the Games challenges.”
“What if we can’t find them all?” TJ asked.
“Missing one or two, we have a chance. Missing more will make the final challenge tough to win. So
this isn’t a sprint. We’ll camp out for two nights and I really don’t care if we see other teams passing us.”
He winked at Maggie. “It’s not a race, although some of the other teams will try to convince you it is. This
is a setup for later events. All we have to do is finish.”
He pulled out the puzzle instructions, spreading them on the ground next to the map. Jared leaned a
little too close and Maggie drew away, backing into the safety of Erik’s side. He casually shifted his
position, tucking her against his body and she relaxed. Why did he have to feel so good?
She looked down at the strange maps. Contour lines, altitude markers, not much else. “They’re not
giving GPS waypoints, are they?”
He shook his head. “We have to do this the old-fashioned way with only compasses and our noses.
For this challenge, one of the team travels in wolf. They can shift back at night, but while on the trail and
searching for clues, they have to be in their animal form.”
Maggie’s throat closed tight and she found it hard to breath. One of them was going to turn into a
wolf. She had to be around a wolf.
She was going to die.
Without saying a word, Erik rubbed her back, a slow soothing motion. She closed her eyes and
concentrated on the feel of his hand instead of thinking about the gnawing fear in her belly.
TJ cursed as his foot caught the edge of the paper and it ripped. “Damn it, sorry. Look, I’d like to
volunteer to be the one who stays in wolf.” He wrapped his long arms around his legs like he was trying to
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stop from touching anything near him. “I know I’ve got a bad reputation, but I am capable of pulling my
own weight, especially if you keep me in my wolf form for most of the Games. It’s just my human form
that sucks rocks when it comes to coordination.”
For the first time Maggie examined him more closely. He was as dark as his brother, the Alpha, but
nowhere near as bulky. Long limbs, square jaw. TJ wasn’t a bad-looking fellow, he just never seemed to be
in the right place at the right time. There was a dark-coloured stain on his shirt
stood at the line ready for their turn in the staggered start.
“I just don’t want to make trouble for the team. I’ve brought my pills along in case, but I’m not going
to be able to do this hike very quickly. I hope I don’t disappoint you.”
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Vivian Arend
He crossed his arms for a moment, leaning his torso away from her. It was impossible to not admire
the bulk of his arms, his biceps bulging his T-shirt. “It’s not a race for speed. We have to solve puzzles as
we go along. I expect you will be able to keep up just fine, and you’re going to be a big help in contributing
to us winning this event.”
He spoke with such confidence her fears faded a little.
Erik motioned to the others. “Come on, team, let’s take another look at the instructions. We have
thirty minutes still until our start.”
They gathered around, backs to the trees at the edge of the clearing. Before them the Dyea flats
stretched to meet the ocean. The early-afternoon air was warm with the promise of heating up nicely. Erik
spread out the map at their feet and traced the route they would follow. She was happy to see that once they
started hiking, they’d be in the trees for the first third of the hike.
“Three days is the maximum time allotted to complete the thirty-three miles to Bennett Lake. That’s a
good solid hike, but it’s not a race pace. We’ll be going faster than the original Gold Rushers, but we don’t
have to carry as much gear. However, we not only have to reach the checkpoint in time, we have a series of
clues to find. Some of them will be used later in the Games challenges.”
“What if we can’t find them all?” TJ asked.
“Missing one or two, we have a chance. Missing more will make the final challenge tough to win. So
this isn’t a sprint. We’ll camp out for two nights and I really don’t care if we see other teams passing us.”
He winked at Maggie. “It’s not a race, although some of the other teams will try to convince you it is. This
is a setup for later events. All we have to do is finish.”
He pulled out the puzzle instructions, spreading them on the ground next to the map. Jared leaned a
little too close and Maggie drew away, backing into the safety of Erik’s side. He casually shifted his
position, tucking her against his body and she relaxed. Why did he have to feel so good?
She looked down at the strange maps. Contour lines, altitude markers, not much else. “They’re not
giving GPS waypoints, are they?”
He shook his head. “We have to do this the old-fashioned way with only compasses and our noses.
For this challenge, one of the team travels in wolf. They can shift back at night, but while on the trail and
searching for clues, they have to be in their animal form.”
Maggie’s throat closed tight and she found it hard to breath. One of them was going to turn into a
wolf. She had to be around a wolf.
She was going to die.
Without saying a word, Erik rubbed her back, a slow soothing motion. She closed her eyes and
concentrated on the feel of his hand instead of thinking about the gnawing fear in her belly.
TJ cursed as his foot caught the edge of the paper and it ripped. “Damn it, sorry. Look, I’d like to
volunteer to be the one who stays in wolf.” He wrapped his long arms around his legs like he was trying to
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stop from touching anything near him. “I know I’ve got a bad reputation, but I am capable of pulling my
own weight, especially if you keep me in my wolf form for most of the Games. It’s just my human form
that sucks rocks when it comes to coordination.”
For the first time Maggie examined him more closely. He was as dark as his brother, the Alpha, but
nowhere near as bulky. Long limbs, square jaw. TJ wasn’t a bad-looking fellow, he just never seemed to be
in the right place at the right time. There was a dark-coloured stain on his shirt
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