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Heck, she hadn’t told him the more serious stuff from her past.
Nothing about her dad or her ex, but she had shared about her mom.
Who would have liked Grey a lot, especially since he’d rescued her.
Her mom believed in love at first sight and had told Tatum that the love of her life might come out of nowhere, a chance meeting that would change her life forever. For a while, she’d thought it was Ryan, but she knew better now. That man wasnotthe love of her life.
Was she in love with Grey?
Heck no! It was too early and she wasn’t some fantasy heroine falling too hard too fast. But she was definitely attracted to Grey and intrigued by him.
And maybe he was the guy her mom had been talking about.
A chance meeting, a life changed forever.
Who knew what tomorrow would bring?
Colton was bitter.
Hell, maybe he’d been born that way, but he sure couldn’t seem to catch a damn break since he’d come to New Jersey. It shouldn’t have been so difficult to take out the leaders of the small herd in Little River, but he’d been stopped on every front so far. Which meant he needed to try another tactic.
After needing to abandon their campsite, they’d settled in an abandoned hunting cabin, which wasn’t really big enough for the five of them, but it would do for the time being. Particularly since he didn’t plan to be in it very long.
Clapping his hands together, he turned and walked inside.
“Asher, you’re on patrol,” he said.
“Damn it, why can’t Weston patrol?”
“I’m cooking dinner, you jackass.”
Colton mentally rolled his eyes at his younger brother, who often got in trouble with his mouthy nature. Weston assumed that Colton would always protect him and keep the others from doing too much harm, but perhaps what his brother needed was a little reality check from the partially unstable Asher.
Deciding the cabin was too small for an all-out brawl, he took a menacing step toward Asher, who grimaced and then stormed from the cabin.
“Don’t look so smug,” Colton told his brother. “One of these days, Asher is going to go off on you and I won’t be around. Now, I’ve got some ideas on how to escalate things at the farm. We need to go after what makes their farm run well—supplies like the animal feed and food.” Levi had been scouting the farm and keeping an eye on things, and they’d also managed to plant some tiny cameras in the main areas, so they were getting an idea of what the Little River Herd’s routine was like.
“I think the biggest weak spot,” Levi said, “is when they go to town. Even though they don’t go alone anywhere, there’s usually only one vehicle with two males in it.”
Colton nodded and opened his laptop, making out a plan to put more pressure on the herd. They thought security cameras and patrols would scare him off?
They had no idea who they were dealing with.
“We’ll keep watching them,” he said. “They’ll reveal their weaknesses and we’ll be there to exploit them.”
Zara had openly defied him, choosing a stranger over her herd and making it known that she sided with them. There were things that Colton could let go and things he could not, and Zara’s behavior was not going to stand.
Imagine how simple it would have been if he’d just been able to take over the farm and push Crew and his males out? Then they’d have a working farm to call home and not be living in a dust-covered, ancient hunting cabin that didn’t even have electricity. If it weren’t for the small generator that kept his laptop and their phones powered, they’d be screwed.
“The farm will be ours, gentlemen,” he said as he finished his plans to take over. “We just have to bide our time. It won’t be long, though. Crew and his herd won’t know what hit them.”
Colton wasn’t the villain here. If Crew had just taken his people and left when he had the chance, they wouldn’t be in danger.
Crew and Zara’s days were numbered, and soon enough, the Little River Herd and their farm would belong to him.
Monday dragged for Grey. All he could think about was seeing Tatum again, and all he could do was watch the clock. He swore time was either standing still or moving backward as the day wore on.
He looked at his watch and let out a frustrated grunt.
