"So what now?" Nick asked Mason as they sipped the last of the broth Anja had saved for them.
Mason felt his stomach growl, still empty and longing for more. He wished he could go eat some of the food he had stored in his cave.
In their cave... His and hers.
Thinking of his pirate sent a stab of pain into his gut, and he had to push her quickly from his mind. He didn't have time to be hurt or upset. He needed to finish going over the finer details of his plan. He could worry about his relationship later when he had made a safe home for her.
"We need to take names and figure out how many of the men are with us," he answered Nick.
"I can do that," the man offered," We're actually lucky my sister is gone. That left Anja alone to try to turn the men away from your plan, and she hasn't had much success."
