Too Pretty to Be Your Backup novel Chapter 87

Amanda barely had any strength left, but she still managed to lift her hand and slap Travis right across his wet, miserable face.

With all the anger she had left, she hissed, “I’m about to die. Can’t you just leave me alone? I really don’t want to see you again. Travis, let’s promise not to meet in the next life, okay?”

The words were barely out of her mouth before her body gave out and she passed out.

Travis caught her, his expression shadowed and intense. It felt like something inside his chest was being ripped apart, the pain sharp and relentless.

He carried Amanda over to a spot under a rocky overhang, trying to shield them from the freezing night wind and the spray from the mountain stream.

But then he noticed Amanda’s skin growing hotter and hotter. She was burning up.

Travis wasted no time. He stripped off her soaked clothes, then yanked off his own shirt and jacket, hanging them as high up on a branch as he could, hoping someone would spot them. Amanda’s clothes were already torn to shreds from scrambling through the woods. He wrung them out as dry as he could, but touching her burning skin made him panic.

Luckily, Declan’s team worked fast. They’d found a way down, and with the help of a drone, quickly spotted Travis' clothes waving in the air. They hurried over.

“Mr. Hill,” Declan called out.

Travis reached out, not wasting a second. “Give me your jacket.”

Declan peeled it off and handed it over.

“Turn around,” Travis ordered.

Without a word, Declan turned his back.

Travis took off the rest of Amanda’s wet clothes and wrapped her snugly in Declan’s dry jacket. If his own clothes weren’t drenched, he wouldn’t have let her wear another man’s, but he didn’t have a choice.

“Do you have anything for the fever?” he asked.

Declan nodded. Mercenaries like them always had emergency meds. But instead of handing them over, he said, “She’s been out in the woods for a while. You should check her for any bites or stings. If it’s something poisonous, fever meds could make it worse.”

Travis didn’t hesitate. He carefully checked Amanda all over. Sure enough, on her arm, he found two neat rows of bite marks.

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