Page 329 of Rangers Unexpected Return

Fear.

History.

Love.

All tangled together.

She pressed her forehead against mine for one brief second.

Then stepped back.

“Let’s go find her.”

I picked up the evidence box.

“You know…”

“What?”

“You still take care of me.”

She looked surprised by her own words.

I opened the vault door.

“I never stopped.”

The expression on her face nearly made me forget how to breathe.

From the stairs, Wolf called,

“Plane leaves in twenty minutes!”

Judy hurried ahead.

Max stayed beside her.

I followed.

We had found Eliza.

Now we had to keep her alive.

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JUDY

The plane lifted from the Eagle River airfield twenty-two minutes after Elizabeth’s call went dead.

“We have a three-hour flight.”

“Everyone sleeps.”

Mace sat beside me.

Max lay at our feet.

Wolf and Trigger and Rylie, occupied the seats across the narrow aisle while Carson remained in Eagle River with Sheriff Tate and the deputies.