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Chapter One

Cameron

“If it doesn’t rain soon, we ht have to feed these to the cows”

Zoe glares at me as she wraps a possessive aranic toroith love and sweat If you feed them to cows, I’ll feed you to your brother’s crazy bear”

I glance at the forest on the edge of our ranch where Adrian’s deranged bear is probably terrorizing the local wildlife I can’t worry about hier bears to fry Our entire 1200 acre ranch has dried up fro too burnt for the cows to feed on

We have about five hundred of therier every day

Jane walks over, carrying a basket full of the largest zucchinis I’ve ever seen “Who are we feeding to Adrian’s wild bear?”

Zoe’s eyes light up when she looks at her Those two have been together for over twenty-five years and still have hearts in their doey eyes

“Caetable stand,” Zoe says as she takes the zucchinis and sets them on the table next to the radishes

“Oh, is he?” Jane asks as she picks up a tolares at me

These tork for us on the ranch They’re in charge of growing all the fruits and vegetables and selling them to the locals They’re very loyal to us Bowen brothers, but they’re even more loyal to their produce

“You can keep them for now,” I say as I slowly back away from the tomen “Let’s just hope it rains soon”

It’s been weeks without a drop this surass is brown and crunchy, and with not enough to eat, the ani their diet with bought feed, but we’re running low on that too and there are shortages throughout the state of Montana where we live

My eyes narrow on Logan as he co over the yellow hill in the distance I hope he has good news

Logan isthrough our veins We were best friends as kids and when his dad got into a tractor accident when Logan was only fourteen years old, my parents took him in and he’s been a brother to us three Bowen boys ever since

Dust explodes under the hooves of his horse as he gallops across the wide-open pasture Logan is shirtless as he grips the reins and bounces on his huge black stallion nauy never takes it off

I glance overhih the dry dusty field

“What are you two looking at?” I ask theht you were only interested in women”