Having listened with just as an intent expression as Miles, Charlie nodded when Jeremy said she could wake Bass. She wouldn't do so purposely, but the fact that she was in one piece - as was every person she'd taken with her - was the thing she was most proud of. She lifted her chin and said as much.

"We are."

Leaving Miles to explain, she ducked into the tent and let her eyes accustom to the darker environment before she found Bass on the bed inside. Her heart picked up the pace again and she moved to his side, sitting on the low stool there, slipping her hand into his carefully. She didn't attempt to wake him, but she lifted his hand to her forehead and whispered his name.

"I found them," she added. "They won't come back. I made them sorry they ever found you in the first place."

Her voice was pitched low enough not to startle, but she may have woken him anyway.