Safe again.
Walls back in place.
"Right."
Disappointment flickered through me.
Just for a second.
I tossed him the rope.
He caught it one-handed.
And just like that, the moment was gone.
Or maybe not.
Because as he turned away, I caught the faintest smile.
And for the first time today, I realized something important.
Beast McCoy might be trying very hard to stay away from me.
But he wasn't trying nearly as hard as he used to.
3
BEAST
Ishould have gone home.
The calf was safe.
The fence was repaired.
The teenage ranch hands had finally stopped laughing.
At least to my face.
I knew better than to believe it had actually ended.
One of them had already taken a picture.
The little traitor.
Unfortunately for him, I knew where he lived.
Unfortunately for me, Sadie had gotten a copy.
Now she kept looking at her phone and grinning.
Which was making me nervous.
Very nervous.
"Have you deleted that picture yet?"
"Nope."
