ane
ckup gave a long, triumphant blast of its horn before veering left at the county fork. I gav
toward the center
skeletons of abandoned silver min
. The deep, guttural thump of the exhaust echoed off the blackened
ground had burned f
in, heavy and thick. My boots crunched over shattered glass an
ire, the white-and-red outline of the Iron Ghosts emblem remained stubbornly vis
he rough brick. The stone was cold, but beneath my fi
ack, Dad," I whisp
ing behind my eyes, but I swallowed it down har
cket, thumbed the wheel, and watched the ye
ud to the empty desert. "They're going to pay for every drop of blood the
e the stillness. I pulled my phone out.
held the phone to my
ght now! She collapsed on the kitchen floor because of your stunt! We called Doc Sullivan, but the
rantic breath. I knew Judith
d, my voice calm, smooth, and
d you sa
a panic attack because her checkbook is empty. Second, if Doc Sullivan is ignoring
stretch until I heard Brandi
. The next time you see me, y
vigated to the settings, blocked the number permane
running my hand along the
e scraps of real men. The real power in this valley sat five miles so
stroke. I pulled onto the highway, tucked my chin against the
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