Chapter 12: The Line Cabin COLE The storm came in from the northwest, which was always the worst direction, with […]

Chapter 11: The Range WREN She had been on Mabel every morning for six days. Not far — the small

Chapter 10: End of Week One COLE He found it happening on Saturday evening. He was at the far end

Chapter 9: The Photographs WREN The album was in a box that Ruby had dragged out from under the window

Chapter 8: The Post COLE He read it twice. The first time he read it fast, standing at the kitchen

Chapter 7: The Porch WREN She couldn’t sleep. This was not unusual for her — she ran at a particular

Chapter 6: The Horses COLE She was afraid of them. He’d been watching her manage it since the first morning

Chapter 5: The Town WREN Dusty Creek was the kind of small town that knew things before you told them.

Chapter 4: The Right Way COLE She was bad at morning chores the way a person was bad at something

Chapter 3: Five AM WREN The rooster was not in the briefing materials. She had reviewed the magazine’s background file