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Things had just gotten a whole lot more dangerous.

Two shooting incidents, a wounded shoulder. She should get a customer loyalty card at the doc’s.

She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She did neither. She turned to Elijah. “If it’ll make my aunt safer, I’ll take your advice and go to your ranch.”

“It’ll make things safer for you, too.”

“You don’t know that. Nobody knows what’s happening.” She heard the shakiness in her voice.

How long was this going to go on? She was sick of being afraid. Tired of seeing other people get hurt. Angry enough to fight back. But she didn’t know how. And she didn’t know where to strike.

“It’s going to be all right,” he told her.

All right? The scrapes on her hand and face from getting thrown down on the asphalt stung. Her head pounded. She was so tired she could barely move. She couldn’t stop trembling.

Fear and helplessness gnawed at her. This was never going to end. Not until the shooter got what he wanted.