“Mags, Navy Blue found out I was pregnant. He didn’t want me to be…” The air in the barn got colder, and the eyes of every cowboy flared. I braced as she delivered the final blow, tightening my hold on her, my fingers weaving into her curls, her heart beating against me. She took another unsteady breath. “He—he took care of it himself,” she whispered, broken and weak.

