Set it on the counter.
Then I put my hands on either side of her face.
“Listen to me.”
Her eyes met mine.
“He doesn’t win.”
“But he got onto the ranch.”
“Once.”
Her breath caught.
“He will never do it again.”
The promise came out low.
Final.
I meant every word.
Sadie reached up.
Wrapped her fingers around my wrists.
“You can’t go after him alone.”
“I’m not.”
That wasn’t completely true.
Wolf and Trigger would be nearby.
Sheriff Cooper would know what I was doing.
The ranch hands would keep watch here.
But finding Gerald?
That was mine.
He had come onto Sadie’s land.
Stood beneath her window.
Watched her sleep.
He had crossed a line he could never uncross.
And now?
Now I was the hunter.
Wolf met me outside an hour later.
Trigger leaned against his truck beside him.
