They hadn’t worked together much before, which made all of this even more surprising. Jack and Lexie had developed a casual friendship through the overreaching parties that everyone in the park went to, but nothing past that. Maybe there was casual flirtation, but there had always been alcohol, so nothing was ever thought of it. After all, he was a professional climber and she was a brand new ranger, as green as the pines that cloaked the mountains that surrounded them.
She sat in the cabin, mostly soaking wet, staring out the window at the storm raging outside. How did she get here? How did she end up alone with him, completely stormed in? Normally they would never be working together alone, but this was not a normal situation. The Chief Ranger’s son had disappeared, so they had all units searching every nook and cranny of the park. There had been no sign yet.