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Ignoring her, he set a plate with a sliver of cake beside her on the canvas cot.
“The Garrisons are looking for me. You know they are. If they find you here, you’ll be tried as an accomplice. You could spend the rest of your life behind bars.”
He turned away and took a few steps before turning back to face her. She made eye contact. “You might be able to make a deal if you turn your boss in.” Something in his eyes made her think she’d hit a nerve. What did his boss give him for his troubles, anyway? Somehow, she didn’t believe they had a traditional employment contract. The thought brought on a shudder.
When the door clicked shut behind him, she frowned and picked up the plate. Even knowing it was another method Mason was using to taunt her, she still sat on the edge of the cot and dug into the cake. It was good. Lemon cream. There wasn’t enough of it to savor, but it would provide a few calories, and if she was going to fight for her life, she needed them.
Gavinwaslyingstillwatching the house when footsteps alerted him to someone’s presence. He jumped to his feet.
Grayson must have news. If they’d come to the wedding prepared for an operation, they would’ve had proper equipment to talk to each other, but as things stood, they didn’t even have enough service for a text. It wouldn’t surprise him if Mason used a signal jammer.
His eyes met his brother’s in the light of the full moon. “Find out more about the limo?”
“It drove away without her in it, but I found something else.”
“Yeah? What?”
He waved his hand and someone stepped out of the shadows. Ranger William Stone. Surprise, surprise. The same man who’d busted them for breaking and entering had broken and entered. Was he here to hassle them or help them? “What do you want, Stone?”
“I went by Samantha’s place when she didn’t show up for work.”
“And?”
“She wasn’t there. Looked like she left in a hurry, but didn’t take her car.”
“Get to the point,” Gavin said.
“I tried the lodge where you’re staying, and she wasn’t there.”
“No. I imagine she wasn’t.”
“Do you know where she is?” Ranger stone asked.
“Do you?”
“No, but I remembered her gut feeling that those missing women were being held here on the Ricketts Estate, so I thought I’d check it out.”
“And here you are.”
“Yeah.” The park ranger shifted his weight from one foot to the other.
“You stopped me from trying to rescue my sister that night.”
“That was Samantha. She didn’t want you to break the law.”
“And how do you think she’d feel about that now that she’s the one they took?”
“The same, I imagine. She’s a stickler for rules and regulations.”
“What about you?”
“I’ll do whatever it takes to save her. I love that girl like she’s my own daughter.”
“Then let’s figure out where they’re holding her and bust her out.”
“I can call in more law enforcement, but we have to give them something solid if we’re going to convince a judge to give us a search warrant.”
“The swab of blood I gave Wade won’t accomplish much. He said it came back to an unknown female,” Gavin said.
