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Bull frowned “We’ll see Ask Jasper when he gets back from the mountain”
Rose had finished her breakfast “If you’ll excuse“Thanks for the flapjacks You boys have a good day at school”
She was out the door before Bull could repeat his warning about Ferg Prescott She didn’t want to be reminded one more time that she was only a woman and not fit to deal with the powerful and unscrupulous boss of the Prescott Ranch Nohile she was still riled up, would be the perfect time to face the man who’d become a thorn in her side
Cliine and roared away from the house, toward the back road that connected the two ranches Glancing in the rearviewhis head
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
WHEN NO ONE ANSWERED THE BELL ON THE SECOND RING, ROSE opened the door and stalked into the house By then she’d worked herself into a seething rage If Ferg Prescott thought he could harass her and get aith it, she was about to prove hi
She found Ferg breakfasting alone at the dining rooiven her the creeps when she’d been there as a dinner guest The lass eyes, loomed directly above hiar crouched on a long shelf
As Rose walked into the roo yolk on his large front teeth “Hello, Rose I don’t recall inviting you at this hour, but please sit down and have so you a plate”
“I’ve already eaten breakfast And I’ll stand, thank you It won’t take long to say what I’ve come to say”
Ferg sipped his coffee, then set the cup down and added soo ahead,” he said “Take your ti little woman”
“I’al property owner and a citizen of the United States And you have no right to send your man onto my land to kill my livestock!”
He gave her a blank look “My dear, I have no idea what you’re talking about”
“Don’t giveover Only the awareness that he was goading her gave her a hts He saw blood on the shoe of your hired thug, and he saw theout of this house”
“That doesn’t prove a da said “And even if you could prove it, sheep aren’t livestock They’re ver thes”
“I’,” Rose countered “I’m only here to warn you Keep your people off ht to protect what’s mine—even if I have to shoot soun and I kno to use it”