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Dangerously flat.
The sheriff exhaled.
"The judge granted bond."
Silence.
The entire diner went silent.
Every conversation.
Every fork.
Every coffee cup.
Stopped.
My pulse slowed.
The familiar Ranger calm settled over me.
The dangerous calm.
The one that happened before bad things.
"Who?"
I already knew.
I wanted to hear him say it.
"Gerald."
The coffee mug in my hand cracked.
Actually cracked.
Nobody spoke.
Nobody moved.
Beside me, Sadie went completely still.
The sheriff continued.
"Him and Darren both."
The crack widened.
Wolf muttered a curse.
Trigger looked murderous.
The Magnolia Ladies looked ready to organize a revolution.
I understood the feeling.
Very well.
