The entire ranch illuminated.
Voices erupted.
Movement everywhere.
Wolf stepped from behind the barn.
Trigger emerged from the shadows.
Saint appeared beside the horse trailer.
Deputies rose from hiding positions.
Weapons drawn.
Sheriff Cooper's voice thundered across the night.
"EAGLE RIVER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT!"
Gerald looked around wildly.
Panic finally setting in.
The trap had snapped shut.
Hard.
And there was nowhere left to run.
Darren spun.
Trying to reach the fence.
Wolf tackled him before he made three steps.
The two men hit the ground hard.
Very hard.
Darren immediately regretted several life choices.
Inside the room, Gerald scrambled backward.
Trying to retreat through the window.
I grabbed the front of his shirt.
One-handed.
Lifted him completely off the frame.
And hauled him inside.
The man yelped.
Actually yelped.
Like a frightened little dog.
