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Chapter 13

Chip’s injury and underfed state gave him an aura of vulnerability that evoked a fierce desire to protect him in Dakota. He was frail and he needed Dakota.

Grayson didn’t need him. Gray left on the first bandwagon heading northeast. Yes, he was sad to leave Dakota, or so he said, but that didn’t change the fact he left with strangers into a wasteland of unknown dangers and no resources.

Chip survived with tenacity and courage that helped him and his grandmother endure the Harvesting and the aftermath. But now…Beth was dead and Chip’s means for survival destroyed. He needed Dakota

And Dakota needed him. The mind and soul require nourishment as much as the body needs food and water. The gap left by Gray was filled nicely by Chip. Dakota was ravenous for a man as well as food. He lifted Chip off his feet, smothering his chin and unshaven cheeks and neck with kisses.