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“Excuse me, ladies” Nash tipped his hat at the wos and Bentley shot forward into a canter It took less than three seconds to realize the proble next to Beckett and looking at the vast emptiness of the beautiful Colorado countryside “Fuck”

Beckett, a cowboy, bred and born right here in River Rock, had been a friend of Nash’s all throughout high school The long strands of his sandy-brown hair hung out froray eyes were sharp and focused “Yup, that about sums it up”

This , they had come to herd the cattle from west to east because the forecast called for rain The cattle could get in souests approaching on horseback Godda points at the guest ranch And right now, there was not a single cohere they had been left after the last cattle run

Nash sighed “Keep the guests here” He clicked his tongue, and Bentley shot forward again, cantering toward the broken fence

r />A fence that had been there since Megan’s father erected it, proving what land belonged to him The fence had been an eyesore then It was still an eyesore Nash slowed Bentley, then dis closer

Each step Nash took tightened hisHe grabbed the barbed wire, spotting where the fence had been deliberately cut

“Fucking bastard,” Nash ground out He reroup When he slowed to a stop, he looked at the cowboy at the back of the crowd, Hayes A uests down to the river Let the horses swiuest ranch operation, the guests loved swi with the horses too

“Are we not doing the run today?” one of the guests called

Nash put on his get-shit-done smile The smile that made women lose their inhibitions The smile that charmed the media The smile that had landed him sponsors in the PBR “I’m afraid it looks like our cattle have shifted their position through the night” Bentley bounced fro in Nash’s blood “Not to worry We’ll find them and send them back your way at the river”

Great More disappointuests’ faces

“Don’t you worry, this is a treat,” said Hayes, turning his dabbled gray horse and heading in the opposite direction toward the lake “The horses love water as much as they love apples”

When Hayes began to lead them away, Beckett asked, “What’s the plan?”

Nash let his irritation show on his expression “We need to find the cattle” Shep and Chase had done their part in handling the obstacles they faced holding up their end of the deal to uest ranch a success Nash needed to do the sahtened his hands on the reins, and Bentley reacted, tossing up his head and stoo somewhere”

Beckett arched an eyebrow

“To deal with the bastard who cut our fence”