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“This is the Stone’s property Private land We’re supposed to be the only fucking ones out here today”

Chance pulled out his cell, running his fingers over the nu once and then her voiceup It went straight to voice mail”

“I’ the Stones”

He dialed Kaylyn again Same result “God, please let her be okay”

“E, buddy”

That was a good thing since reception was spotty on the ranch Maybe that was the reason he’d gotten Kaylyn’s voice ht’ve been in a dead spot

“Hey, E rifle fire out here We can’t get ahold of Kaylyn and the dogs are gone” Jaris paused “So nobody should be out here? That’s e thought We’re out on the sunrise road She parked about a mile before the waterfall We’re about two miles up the road fro Jaris pause again, Chance felt every tick of the clock “Fuck Please hurry, Emmett” Jaris clicked off his phone “Chance, Emmett’s on his way but he is in toith the boys and his brothers It’ll take too much time before he can reach Kaylyn”

“We’ve got to get to her, Jaris” His heart pounded hard in his chest

“Agreed”

As they headed down the path, Chance thought about shouting coainst it Until they kneho had

fired the rifle, it was best to keep quiet

Kip Lunceford had leukemia and wanted Belle’s bone marrow The killer was still on the loose, and Belle lived on this ranch Like it or not, there was a distinct possibility that the gunshot they’d heard had come from that bastard or one of his cohorts He and Jaris had no other choice but to try to reach Kaylyn, regardless how difficult it would be without Annie and Sugar

“If the dogs made it back to Kaylyn, she’ll be headed this way” Jaris was clearly running through ashe was safe

“That’s true” But after hearing the yelping, his gut told him they hadn’t

Several s No Kaylyn