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“All the more reason to go.”

“No. Judy’s right.”

She looked surprised.

I ignored it.

“He wants us rushing through the woods in the dark. We wait until daylight. Max takes the scent from the photograph and line. Will gets a clean search area.”

Trigger paced toward the window.

“He’s probably clearing the site now.”

“He had months to clear it,” Judy said. “Another six hours won’t change that.”

“What if he goes to the house?”

“We put deputies there,” Sheriff Tate said from the hallway. “No one enters.”

Trigger looked at every person in the room.

He didn’t like it.

He also knew we were right.

“Six o’clock,” he said.

“We leave at sunrise,” Judy corrected.

“Six.”

“Sunrise is six forty-two.”

Trigger stared at her.

She stared back.

“Six thirty,” I said.

They both looked at me.

“Compromise.”

Neither appeared happy.

That usually meant it was fair.

Wolf moved Rylie to the room farthest from the exterior stairs.

Trigger went with her.

Max stayed beside the bed.

Ace took the hall.

Havoc covered the alley.

Blaze watched the front entrance.