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Chapters (50)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. EPILOGUE
  50. Teaser Chapter

For a while, sleeping with Barbara had been enough. Then everything had fallen apart, and once again he’d been forced to deal with a deceitful, lying bitch.

Now he had Logan’s woman. Rick smiled, already anticipating the outcome.

This time Rick would make sure Logan knew she was dead.

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

KADE FOLLOWED SMOKE UNTIL THE DOG STOPPED ON THE TRAIL and began to run in circles. Smoke ran up the path and then back. Ran off into some downed pine trees, out into the wet grass, then ran back. The rain had washed the scent away.

Kade swore foully, rage and fear mixing until it was nearly impossible to think. He decided to go back and continue up the main trail, follow the path until he came to the old logging road that wound up the back side of the mountain. He prayed he would find a vehicle, but when he arrived, no one was there, and the dirt road was too muddy to find any tire tracks.

Kade’s chest felt leaden, pressing in on him until he could barely breathe. Billy was just a kid, a boy just starting out in life. Ellie was the woman he loved. He had to find them. Had to clear his head enough to make rational decisions. He wanted to keep searching, but sounder thinking told him he needed help.

He started back down the mountain, pausing to phone Wyatt and the sheriff as soon as he got in cell range. By the time he reached the barn, the hands were assembled there, some of them ready to ride off on ATVs, the rest planning a mounted search. Wyatt bent over a table set up in the middle of the barn, drawing up a search grid.

He looked up as Smoke rushed in. The pain on Kade’s face must have said it all.

“We’ll find them,” Wyatt said. “Sheriff Carver called. He’s got men and equipment on the way. In the meantime, we’ll start looking where you left off.”

“Tell the men to arm themselves. If this is the guy who murdered Keller and Dunstan, he won’t think twice about killing someone else.”

“That’s what you think happened? You think he came back for Ellie and Billy?”

“It’s worse than that. Ellie thinks he might be the same guy who killed Heather. If he is, Billy was just a way to get to her. I think he’s been watching us from up on the hill. He must have seen her with the boy. She wouldn’t do anything to put Billy in danger. I think he had this all worked out.”

“Jesus, Kade.”

A muscle flexed in his jaw. “If he planned as well as I figure, he had a vehicle parked somewhere along the old logging road on the back side of the mountain. He’s taken them somewhere. We need to figure out where that is.”