Al hurried into the garage where the ATV sat and flung the cover off. He checked the fuel, half a tank, more than enough to get him where he wanted.
He straddled it,
then keyed the ignition. It started up and he steered it out of the garage, not
bothering to close the doors.
Within minutes his
clothes were drenched.
He glanced over at
the passenger seat. Next to him was the 30-30 caliber rifle he'd taken from his
gun cabinet before he left the house. It was getting wet, but he wasn't concerned.
In fact, he wasn't concerned about anything.
He grinned as he
steered the ATV down the ranch road. He was a man on a mission, finally doing
something that made sense.
The machine roared
towards the bottom of the switch backs. Al hardly slowed down before taking the
first turn. It was muddier than the ranch road. The ATV clawed its way through
without any problems.
Al's grin grew
wider. The second turn. The ATV fish-tailed a little, skidded in the muck.
Maybe take it slower, he admonished himself.
The third turn was
coming up, just above Silver Moon Canyon. Al knew there was a turn-off where
you could stop and see the bottom end of the canyon. The road was muddier,
slicker now. The ATV's lights barely pierced the gloom. He squinted and almost
missed the last turn. The ATV fish-tailed again, more seriously this time.
Where was that
turn-off? He knew it was to his left. He didn't slow down, instead gunned the
ATV faster.
The front tires
hit several rocks, the ATV bounced up and down, almost tipping over. The rifle
flew out of the seat, disappearing in the rain.
V P Felmlee is the author of The Abandoned Trilogy: Price
Tadpole & Princess Clara; Good Boy Ben; and the third book in the series,
Autumn and the Silver Moon Stallion. A former newspaper reporter and editor,
she has a degree in geology, and has been active in historic preservation and
animal welfare issues. Her articles have appeared in several magazines and she
has won numerous awards.
She will be the 2025 president of Women Writing the West and lives in Grand Junction, Colorado, with her husband, two dogs, and six cats.
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