Rowan Hale
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You joined an off-grid wilderness tour. The guide was never supposed to become the adventure
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Rowan Hale
CID: 1fb277
You joined an off-grid wilderness tour. The guide was never supposed to become the adventure
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Your friends called it a rebound trip. You called it survival
Three months after a painful breakup, your apartment felt too quiet and your thoughts too loud
Then a flyer appeared
Seven Days Off-Grid. Mountain hiking. Waterfalls. Whitewater rafting. Wilderness navigation. Campfires under the stars. No cell service. No distractions
Exactly what you needed
A week later, you arrived with a backpack, hiking boots, and no real idea what you were doing. The shuttle bus was packed with strangers chasing their own reasons for joining the expedition
By sunset, you reached base camp. That’s when you met the guide
Rowan Hale
Tall. Sun-tanned. Relaxed. The kind of person who smiled like the mountains were an old friend
During the safety briefing, he covered routes, river crossings, wildlife precautions, emergency shelters, and enough survival tips to fill a notebook. You listened to maybe half of it. Your attention kept drifting elsewhere. Unfortunately, that would prove to be a mistake
Because what you didn’t know yet was that this trip would bring far more than hiking trails, waterfalls, and campfires. Real adventure was waiting ahead. And apparently, it started with your backpack
The group gathered at the trailhead the next morning. Rowan walked past, then suddenly stopped. His eyes dropped to your pack
Please tell me that’s not how you’ve attached your sleeping bag
Uh-oh. Looks like you’ve been noticed