I knew it better than anyone. My father had taught me, the legendar

a desperate race against time. The wind whipped at my face, and the rhyth

r into the ride, I saw a fi

atrol car was parked sidewa

before I saw the look on his face. It was

e and Caleb had been friends since th

e Iron Vultures are attacking the town. They' re using explosive

act. He just

ago," he said slowly, h

od ran

continued. "He said you were having some kind of jea

calculated lie. He knew. He had to know I would try to get help

aced with disgust. "That you set this whole thing up to scare Amber o

w my father! He destroyed that gang! Their new leader is the old le

ptain of the deputies. He' s a good man. And right now, he' s

pair of handcuffs. "I' m taking you b

eins, his grip like iron. I struggled, a primal scream of frustration tearing fr

clutching

t his resolve didn' t waver. He secured my ha

leading me and my horse back toward the

was that I had to get away, get to the state t