Page 21 of Rangers Mountain Rescue

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I press a quick kiss to his forehead.

“Good. Stay here. I’ve got this.”

Then I run.

The pasture gate is open.

Grandpa’s house shoe is on the ground, leading toward the tree line.

Toward the mountain.

“Oh no…”

Dylan’s voice shakes behind me.

“Did Grandpa go for a walk?”

I grab my phone.

My hands are shaking.

There’s only one person I know here, I have to call him.

Havoc.

The phone rings once.

Twice.

Then his voice answers.

“Aspen?”

“Grandpa is gone.”

Silence.

Then his voice changes completely.

Calm.

Focused.

Command.

“Stay where you are,” he says.

“I’m bringing the Rangers.”

And just like that…

The search begins.

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