Page 43 of Present Danger (Rocky Mountain Courage 1)

Clearly, tonight’s events disturbed her more than she’d been willing to let on. Jack resisted the urge to draw her into his arms.

“I wish I knew what they were after inside the house. I didn’t see anything obviously missing, like electronics.”

“Does your grandfather keep any cash in the house? A safe, maybe?”

“If he does, I didn’t know about it.”

Jack and Terra waited in the cold drizzle until, finally, headlights shone in the distance, along with red and blue flashing lights. Jack directed the vehicle’s driver to avoid the tracks left behind so they wouldn’t be destroyed.

Deputy Matt Whitmire stepped from his county vehicle, and Jack explained he needed the tracks marked off and protected from contamination while they waited on techs to arrive with the kit.

“Sure thing,” Matt said. “It shouldn’t take them long to get here.”

Jack and Terra left Matt and hiked back to her grandfather’s ranch house.

Questions fought for space in his head. Could someone have been waiting in the house, expecting her grandfather or Owen? Could be the intruder hadn’t known Terra was temporarily staying there.

“When will Owen and Robert be back?”

“Tomorrow.”

“I won’t leave you alone tonight.” Because he couldn’t be sure that she wasn’t the target.