Page 130 of Alpha Awakened

“The way you moved me so effortlessly. And grabbing these with ease.” He waved the pack of cookies.

“I’m bigger than you,” Ice pointed out.

Hazard let his eyes rove up and down Ice’s tall, solidly built frame. “Yes, you are,” he said, his voice husky with admiration.

“I’m big too,” Jax suddenly said. “And I’m here listening to this.”

At Jax’s dryly amused comment, Hazard laughed and snapped out of his daze. “Let’s go on a truck picnic,” he said to Ice.

“What the hell is a truck picnic?”

Hazard opened his mouth to answer but Jax beat him to the punch.

“It’s when teenagers go park and make out in the back of a pickup truck. The picnic part is an excuse for the blankets and time alone.”

“He’s right except for one part,” Hazard said.

“What’s that?”

Hazard winked. “It’s not only for teenagers.”

“Sound interesting. But we can’t lay down in the back of my Jeep and you don’t have a truck.”

“I’ll borrow one from the base’s vehicle pool. And I’ll get all the picnic stuff too. All you have to do is have a good time. Are you in?” Hazard was ready to pout and plead to get Ice to say yes. But he agreed to go without any further convincing.

“Yeah. Sounds like fun.”

Thrilled at the opportunity to have some alone time with his lover, Hazard lightly punched Ice on the shoulder. “It will be.”

Chapter 48

Ice walked outside when a horn honked in front of their barracks. Hazard was there, leaning out of the driver’s side window of a green pickup truck. An excited grin brightened his handsome face.

“Ready to go?”

Ice nodded.

“Hop in. I have everything we need in the back.”

Ice got into the truck and settled back on the bench seat. “Do I get to know where we’re going?”

“Nope. It’s a surprise,” Hazard said as he put the truck in reverse and backed out of the parking spot.

Ice was fine not knowing where they were going. Since it was just the two of them, he took off his balaclava and tossed it on the middle of the bench seat as soon as they were off base. He rested his arm out the open window and let the breeze wash over him while Hazard drove. Late afternoon sun warmed his skin, making him a little drowsy.

Once they were outside of town, Hazard took a narrow two-lane road into a large, wooded public park. About a mile inside the park, the road began to rise in a gentle slope. They went up until they eventually reached a bluff overlooking the town.

Hazard swung around and parked with the truck bed facing the cliff. The area was grassy, with a guardrail at the edge of the bluff. The tree line stopped several yards behind them, giving them an unimpeded view of the sky above.

“This is a good spot,” Hazard said as he turned off the ignition.

Ice nodded in silent agreement before they both got out and went around to the back of the truck.

“This is probably one of the last good days to do this. Soon, it’ll be too cold.”

“I don’t mind the cold.”

“Of course you don’t, Iceman.”