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Gray swiveled toward the voice, which emanated from behind a large, two-trunk oak. “Shooting at you?” he shouted back, marching across the glade. “Stop spouting nonsense and show yourself. I’m here to guide you back. You’ve nothing to fear.”

“I don’t believe you.” Neala Shaw, the bedraggled young woman with curly brown hair, brandished a tree limb in his face. “Who are you? You’re trespassing.”

Gray propped his shoulders against the tree. “You wouldn’t deter a kitten with that twig, much less a man with a gun.”

“Are you one of the sheriff’s new deputies?”

“No! I’m Isabella Chilton’s nephew. I just arrived for a visit. And I certainly didn’t plan on rescuing any damsels in distress today.”

“Well, what on earth are you angry for? You’re not the one who was almost killed!”