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“He shot at someone coming up the hill,” another voice yelled out.
“Did you get him?”
“I don’t know.”
Her stomach twisted again as she wondered if Aidyn had snuck up the hill. He’d been doing that lately. She’d warned him in her note, but what if he didn’t find it?
Tears filled her eyes as she listened for more information.
Craig yelled out. “Go and take a few and find out if you hit him. If you did, bring that fucker back here.”
“Kent, Brenner, and Ramsay. Let’s go. Bring lanterns.”
She turned and pressed her back against the door and focused on her breathing. Closing her eyes she inhaled and let it out slowly. Repeat. Repeat.
“Elena. Do you know who was up here?”
Her eyes flew open as she stared at her mom. She shook her head. “Mama. No. I just don’t like all this hatred.”
“Elena. You need to tell me what’s happening.”
“Nothing is happening. Nothing.”
ChapterSeven
Aidyn stumbled from his bedroom. The sun hadn’t come up yet and the house was mostly dark. He could smell coffee and see the faint glow from lights in the kitchen.
Tate sat on a stool along the back edge of the center island as Lara decorated cookies. Tate was on his phone watching his new wife, but today he wasn’t grinning as he watched her.
“What time was that?”
Tate’s eyes landed on him and held. “No one from here was up there last night.” Tate’s brows rose into his hairline as he glanced his way.
Aidyn shook his head as he shuffled to the coffeepot. He’d prefer to have a cup of coffee before heavy conversation if it could be helped.
He nodded at Lara. She smiled in return.
Moving to the coffeepot, he pulled a cup from the shelf above and poured himself some fresh coffee. The aroma rose as he poured and made his mouth water. There was nothing like the smell of fresh coffee in the morning.
Tate’s voice faded into the background as he added some creamer and a half teaspoon of sugar to his black gold and took a tentative sip of the hot brew.
Closing his eyes as the warm liquid slid down his throat he inhaled and turned to face Tate just as he ended his call.
“Morning.”
“Morning.” Tate laid his phone on the counter. “It appears someone was up the mountain last night and the BRR shot at him or her. I assured the sheriff it was none of us. I’m correct in that, aren’t I?”
Aidyn heaved out a breath and took the stool next to Tate.
“You are as far as I’m concerned. I spent the evening chatting with my parents then I dropped into bed around midnight and slept like a baby.”
Tate took a drink of his coffee and watched Lara pipe light-blue frosting onto another cookie.
Aidyn absently said, “We did our recon up there yesterday. I don’t know who was sneaking up there, but it wasn’t us.”
“I have a call in to Henry and Maya. They worked last night, and I want to make sure they didn’t have to go up there for any reason.”
Tate’s phone rang as he finished his sentence. “Hey Henry, did anything happen last night?”
