Page 218 of Rangers Last Promise

I close my eyes.

Wolf leans across the steering wheel.

“Sorry.”

He doesn't look sorry.

Trigger points at me.

“Grant would've punched you.”

I stare at him.

“For what?”

Trigger grins.

“Pick one.”

Mara starts laughing.

I look at her.

Then I start laughing too.

Wolf honks again.

And for the first time in fifteen years, I don't feel like a man who survived when Grant didn't.

I feel alive.

Then Mara's phone rings.

Of course it does.

She checks the screen.

Her smile disappears.

“What?”

“Unknown number.”

I straighten.

She answers.

“Deputy Ellis.”

A man's voice comes through the speaker.

“Did you enjoy kissing Doc?”

Every bit of warmth leaves the night.

Mara looks at me.

The voice continues.