“Don’t make me do something I don’t want to do, Cecily.” The steady clomping of fast-paced horses makes the jittery muscles around my heart ease. KJ doesn’t have the faintest idea what he’s about to be in for, but he stops in his tracks and turns toward the sound. Austin. Austin comes around the corner of the stables at a breathtaking pace. On horseback, flying past the bunkhouses with Denny and Jackson flanking his sides. I struggle to stop myself from running toward them. Climb up on his goddamn horse and asking him to take me to the lake. Take me anywhere but here. Not far behind, Red,
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