Page 93 of Rangers Mountain Rescue
That makes me laugh.
Just a little.
And I needed that more than I realized.
Inside,Trigger is already moving.
Checking doors.
Windows.
Angles.
He nods once to himself.
Then to me.
“You’re secure,” he says.
His voice is calm.
Certain.
And somehow…
That helps.
Later,Dylan sits on the floor playing with Buddy.
Rylie joins him.
“Is he always this protective?” she asks, scratching behind Buddy’s ears.
“Yes,” Dylan says proudly.
“He’s basically a Ranger.”
Rylie grins.
“I can see that.”
Buddy puffs up like he understands.
I stand in the kitchen.
Looking out at the land.
The barn.
The place where everything changed.
Joseph’s secret.
Havoc’s promise.
The danger circling us.
Rylie steps beside me.
