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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

Kade just nodded, thinking how lucky Alejandro was to have this woman. Thinking of Ellie and vowing that once he found her, he wasn’t letting her go again.

Kade strode back into the kitchen, his mind clear for the first time since he’d walked into the barn and found Ellie gone.

“Egan’s taking her to the mine,” he said. “The Red Hawk. It’s on the old Diamond Bar spread. Everything comes back to the mine. Billy heard some of what Egan said. He told her it would take more than an hour to get there. He said Ellie should be able to figure it out. The mine’s the only thing that makes sense.”

“All right, I’ll get things rolling,” Carver said.

“Be faster if we had a chopper,” Fischer grumbled. “Doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.”

Kade strode toward the back door. “I’m heading there now. You and your men can meet me there.”

Carver shot up from the bench. “Dammit, Kade. You can’t do this on your own. If you’re sure that’s where she is, we can call in deputies from Summit County, have them head over and intercept him.”

Kade shook his head. “No way. Something goes wrong, Ellie could wind up dead. I’m leaving right now. You want to come along, let’s go.”

Webb Fischer pushed his sturdy body up from the table. “We could have you arrested, you know. For interfering in a sheriff’s investigation.”

A muscle flexed in Kade’s jaw. “You need me, Sheriff. My brothers and I spent half the summer up at the Red Hawk when we were kids. I know my way around up there.” The three of them had loved to explore the old abandoned tunnels. It was dangerous, but things had been more lax back then. They were lucky they hadn’t been injured or killed.

“You go in blind,” Kade continued, “you won’t know where to look. All you’ll do is let Egan know you’re there. Ellie will end up dead and maybe some of your men, as well.”

Carver looked at Fischer. “He may be right.”

Fischer nodded. “All right. This has been our case from the start. It’s our folks who’ve been killed. We’ll bring that fucker down together. Let’s go.”

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

ELLIE STIRRED ON THE MATTRESS AND FORCED HER EYES TO OPEN. Though she blinked and stared, she couldn’t see through the penetrating darkness. Her head was pounding. Her jaw ached from ear to chin. When she moved, pain shot through her ribs, and she hissed in a breath.

For a moment, she just lay there panting, trying to get her bearings, to remember where she was and what had happened. As the pain receded, a jolt of clarity struck her, and it all came rushing back.