Chapters (77)
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Books by Elizabeth Goddard
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
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- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
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- THIRTY-NINE
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- FORTY-EIGHT
- FORTY-NINE
- FIFTY
- FIFTY-ONE
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- FIFTY-THREE
- FIFTY-FOUR
- FIFTY-FIVE
- FIFTY-SIX
- FIFTY-SEVEN
- FIFTY-EIGHT
- FIFTY-NINE
- SIXTY
- SIXTY-ONE
- SIXTY-TWO
- SIXTY-THREE
- SIXTY-FOUR
- SIXTY-FIVE
- A Preview of Book 2 in the ROCKY MOUNTAIN COURAGE Series
- Author’s Note
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Back Ads
- Back Cover
“I know what you’re thinking—if they wanted to harm me, they had ample opportunity.”
“Let’s get to the road. I don’t know, maybe the license plate fell off the car. Maybe we can get techs out here to get the tracks. Something.”
At the road they shined their flashlights around.
“Here.” Terra’s beam focused on a set of tracks.
Jack called and reported the break-in and asked for a casting kit for processing the tracks before more rain washed them away, as well as techs to process the house. Jack explained that the break-in wasn’t typical and needed to be fully processed. A law enforcement officer had been targeted.
When he ended the call, she stared at him. “A law enforcement officer was targeted?”
“Yes. You. You were followed, and someone broke into the house where you were staying. Let’s not downplay this.”
“I have no intention of downplaying it, and I want the entire house processed for fingerprints.”
“Of course. We’re on it.”
She rubbed her arms.
Clearly, tonight’s events disturbed her more than she’d been willing to let on. Jack resisted the urge to draw her into his arms.
“I wish I knew what they were after inside the house. I didn’t see anything obviously missing, like electronics.”
“Does your grandfather keep any cash in the house? A safe, maybe?”
“If he does, I didn’t know about it.”
Jack and Terra waited in the cold drizzle until, finally, headlights shone in the distance, along with red and blue flashing lights. Jack directed the vehicle’s driver to avoid the tracks left behind so they wouldn’t be destroyed.
Deputy Matt Whitmire stepped from his county vehicle, and Jack explained he needed the tracks marked off and protected from contamination while they waited on techs to arrive with the kit.
“Sure thing,” Matt said. “It shouldn’t take them long to get here.”
Jack and Terra left Matt and hiked back to her grandfather’s ranch house.
Questions fought for space in his head. Could someone have been waiting in the house, expecting her grandfather or Owen? Could be the intruder hadn’t known Terra was temporarily staying there.
“When will Owen and Robert be back?”
“Tomorrow.”
“I won’t leave you alone tonight.” Because he couldn’t be sure that she wasn’t the target.
TWENTY
Gramps stood with his back to Terra as he drank his coffee. He’d used store-bought grounds today instead of the beans he roasted himself. That should tell her something. She joined him in staring out the kitchen window at the mountains, and in the near distance, a couple of horses grazed in the meadow beyond the stables. A picture-perfect scene. Terra understood why he so often stood at this window—the scenery calmed his nerves and gave him peace.