Page 249 of Rangers Last Promise

She presses both hands against the blood pouring from his side.

“Kane, who shot you?”

His eyes find mine.

“Vance.”

“Where?”

“McKinley cellar.”

Mara applies more pressure.

Kane groans.

“What was he doing there?” she asks.

“Digging.”

“For what?”

His gaze moves to the black key on the table.

“Twenty-three graves.”

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MARA

“Twenty-three graves.”

Daniel Kane’s words silence the room.

I keep both hands pressed against the wound in his side.

Blood pushes between my fingers.

Too much.

“Call an ambulance!”

Sheriff Tate is already moving.

Doc drops beside me.

His entire expression changes when he sees the blood.

The anger disappears.

The history disappears.

He becomes a medic.

“Move your left hand.”

“I’m holding pressure.”

“I need to see the wound.”