Chapter 7
Cam turned to glance at her over his shoulder as he tightened his cinch. “We’d better head back to the ranch. It’s well into the afternoon and we’ve got a good three-hour ride ahead of us to get there. You might want to get some pictures of your lion, too. Pancho will have it secured in the walk-in cooler by the time we get there, but we can get it out and pose you with it at the corral. That’ll give you another souvenir to show your friends at home.”
CJ frowned a moment, but recognized that pictures would be good. She’d gotten past the moments of horror from seeing the animal spill out of the tree, its tawny hide painted with blood. Pancho would have washed it clean anyway.
“Yes, of course, if it isn’t too late when we get back. Won’t it be near or after sundown?”
Cam shrugg
