17 HOLT I barely drove the speed limit to get our mate back to my house. Our house. I had no idea what was going to happen with the ranch when Ali’s father went to jail. He was going to prison, that was for f*****g sure. No charges would be brought against our mate. We’d never called in the attempted murder, and we could vouch for her full cooperation in apprehending the other two. The land would belong to Ali’s dad, or whoever was on the f*****g deed, incarceration or not. Still, the ranch needed to be worked. Animals tended. It was Ali’s dream to run her family’s land, and I wouldn’t deny her. Neither would Theo. Maybe we’d ultimately move to the ranch. It was something to decide later, along with so many other things. For now, we would make her ours. Claim her with our c***s and b