Cochise (Montana Bounty Hunters Book 4) by Delilah Devlin

Author:Delilah Devlin [Devlin, Delilah]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2018-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Sammy slowed to a jog, knowing she had to go the distance. Brady’s blood was still fresh. He couldn’t have been there long. Her sister was near. She could feel it. Sammy was determined to find her.

With her head down, her pack snug against her back, she couldn’t allow the strain on her muscles, on her heart, to slow her down. Her sister needed her.

Something glinted on the ground, and she slowed then stopped. A pale blue cord with a silver feather charm—one of the knotted bracelets her sister wore in a stack. She bent and snagged it from the ground, and then raised it high to show Cochise.

She checked the side of the trail, looking for any sign they’d entered the woods, but found nothing. So, she moved forward again, this time at a fast walk, following the trail, checking the sides, hoping she was right and that her sister was leaving breadcrumbs for rescuers to follow.

Maybe a quarter mile down the trail, Cochise called out. Her gaze followed to where he pointed.

A pale peach bracelet decorated with silver beads lay a foot from the trail.

She plucked it from the ground and touched it against her cheek. “That a girl, Sheri,” she whispered. Hope swelled inside her chest. Her sister was keeping it together.

They searched the woods near where the bracelet had been dropped.

Cochise bent and brushed away leaves. A depression the shape of a booted heel was there on the ground. He glanced toward the forest and moved on, tipping a broken branch. The splintered edges looked fresh. “I think they’ve left the trail.”

“Dammit, it’s going to be harder to track them,” she said softly.

He pulled a compass he wore on a beaded chain from around his neck. Holding it on his flattened palm, he turned. “The bracelet was there,” he said, pointing behind her. “The broken branch…” He turned his body to follow the line both points made. “They’re heading north now.”

She drew her map from her back pocket and laid it on the ground. They knelt.

“This bend in the trail. That ravine…” He pointed at the map. “This is where we are.” He used the side of his compass to measure the distance from their location to the border. His glance met hers. “They could be there by nightfall.”

They heard sounds behind them. Rustling, stomping. Her breath caught.

“Has to be more of the search party,” Cochise said, his hand closing around her forearm.

Although she hated turning back, they returned to the trail.

From the forest on the opposite side of the path, Sammy spotted a golden coat, a flash of a long, raised tail. Tessa burst into the clearing.

Relief flooded Sammy, and she fell to her knees to greet Tessa, who ran up to her and began licking her chin.

Sky and Jamie ran after Tessa. “We were with park rangers when they got the call from Hook. We followed your GPS tracker and went cross-country to find you.”

Cochise wasted no time. “Sheri’s been leaving us a trail.

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