Christ, they were twenty minutes from the house. He'd never heard that tone in her voice and damn if nothing in all his experiences sounded worse. The radio silence was almost more frightening than her frenzied request.
What in the hell could've happened? She was supposed to be in the barn putting on horseshoes.
He drove them as fast as the vehicle would allow over hills and across the prairie, but Nate could almost run faster than the damn thing. Nakos keyed up all the ranch hands on the walkie-talkie, but none of them were closer than they were.
"Hell." Nakos growled. "She's not responding and Mae's not answering the house line."
"I'm going as fast as I can." Not fast enough, though.
Some protector Nate turned out to be. The first time he wasn't within spitting distance of Olivia,
