Twilight: Bay City Paranormal Investigations, Book 3

you predicted is on
the way, Lex.” Dean tilted his head to frown at the sky.
“You think we’ll make it up the mountain before it
hits?”
“Hopefully, but there’s no guarantee.” Lex steered
the SUV onto the winding, tree-lined road running past
the Kimberley Inn. “The trails can be difficult to
negotiate when it’s snowy or icy, but we’re not
supposed to get any of that until tomorrow sometime.
The storm might even miss us altogether. It’s coming up
from the south, heading northeast, so we might or might
not see any accumulation to amount to anything.” “I brought my waterproof hiking boots,” Dean
cheerfully informed them.
“We all did. Our whole team actually drove up
here a day early so we could do some hiking, so we all
had boots with us.” Twisting in his seat, Bo gave Sam a
questioning look. “You remembered to wear yours,
right?”
Amused, Sam held up a boot-clad foot. Bo had the
good grace to blush. He’d been plastered against Sam’s back, mouth latched onto his neck, while Sam was attempting to lace the boots in question that morning.
Sam had a tender red bruise there to prove it.
As Bo turned around again and started asking Lex
questions about Sunset Lodge, Dean nudged Sam’s arm.
Sam looked over at him, eyebrows raised. Darting his
gaze from Sam to Bo and back again, Dean grinned and
waggled his eyebrows. Sam bit the insides of his cheeks.
Dean always managed to make him laugh, no matter
how scared, worried or angry he was. He needed to
laugh right now, and he suspected Dean knew that quite
well.
Thanks, Sam mouthed.
Dean nodded and patted his thigh. Relaxing into
the leather seat, Sam turned his attention to Lex. It took just over an hour to reach the small parking
lot at the Birch Gap trailhead. By that time, Lex had
filled them in on the history of Sunset Lodge and they’d
begun to discuss sleeping arrangements.
“We’ve had several cancellations, but they’re not
all for the same days,” Lex explained as they piled out
of the SUV and hoisted their packs. “We’ll have at least
one cabin empty each night, maybe more but that’s not
for sure.”
“How many people do the cabins sleep?” Bo
asked, adjusting the straps of his backpack.
“Four, technically speaking.” Lex locked the SUV
and shoved the keys in her jacket pocket. “The cabins
are set up with bunk beds, each level sleeping two
people. So two of you would have to share a bed.” Bo shot Sam a swift, smoldering look. Heat pulsed
through Sam’s groin. He risked a lascivious grin at Bo, who mouthed stop it at him and turned to follow Lex up the trail. Sam stared at his denim-clad ass, enjoying the extra sway he knew Bo was putting in his walk for
Sam’s benefit.
Trotting to catch up, Sam leaned close and
whispered, “Tease,” in Bo’s ear before dropping back to
walk beside Dean. Bo gave him a who, me? look over
his shoulder.
“We do have a staff bed available,” Lex added,
apparently unaware of the flirting going on behind her
back. “One of you can use that if you don’t want to all
share one cabin.”
“I’ll take the staff bed,” Dean spoke up. “Sam, you
and Bo can have the cabin.”
Turning his head, Bo gave Dean a grateful smile.
“That’ll be fine, Dean, thanks.”
“Yeah, thanks,” Sam added, squeezing Dean’s arm. “My pleasure.” Dean bumped Sam’s hip with his.
“Hey, Lex, what time’s sunset tonight?”
“Around six fifteen, if I remember right.” She
glanced at her watch. “That should give you plenty of
time to get settled in and take a look around the Lodge
property, and still be able to watch the sunset. Dinner’s
normally at six, but we do work around the sunset times.
That view’s one of our biggest draws, after all.” “Would you be able to show us the spot where the
sightings have occurred this afternoon, before sunset?”
Bo wondered. “We’re planning to investigate the area
during the usual time of the sightings, of course, and see
if we can capture it on film. But we need to look it over
beforehand if possible, to get a feel for the area.” “Certainly.” Lex clumped up the wooden steps of a
narrow footbridge across a shallow stream. “I may not
be able to take you myself, but I’ll have someone show you the area and answer any questions you have. The staff knows just as much about the place as I do, they
should be able to tell you anything you need to know.” Sam stopped a few seconds to watch the swift little
stream chattering beneath the