This week with Times 7:
...It took three trips, but eventually, they had the beast’s remains moved. As they returned to the bottom of the path to the cave, Kathy used the rifle’s strap to hang the weapon over her shoulder before stepping up to Mack. With one hand behind his neck, she pulled him down and locked her mouth to his in as deep a kiss as he could ever remember, though a lot shorter in duration than he would have liked. Afterward, as she stood looking up at him, their bodies still touching, “I know that a kiss isn’t much compensation for saving my life – and for me being such a bitch, but I won’t forget what you did for me when that thing tried to kill me, nor for all the other things you have done for both Thad and me.”
Mack couldn’t seem to come up with anything appropriate to say, so he just quietly said, “You’re quite welcome, but we need to get back so we can check on Thad.”...
Have a goodun;
Roust