Two Hearts Rescue: Park City Firefighter Romance by Daniel Banner & Taylor Hart & Christine Kersey

Author:Daniel Banner & Taylor Hart & Christine Kersey [Banner, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vorpal Words
Published: 2017-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

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Dust blinded Poppy as she peered into the empty lot. Six malnourished, maltreated horses postured and circled, looking for a way out of the confined lot. They’d broken out of a busted up pen half a block away and ended up at this half-acre lot that was penned in only by a low fence on two sides and some flimsy brush on another side. Poppy and Daria and their waving arms were all that kept them from running back into the street.

It was just a matter of time until one of them realized that the shrubs were barely more than a façade and once one of them busted through, the other five would follow. Which wouldn’t be a big deal if State Route 224 didn’t run right along that side of the lot.

Animal Control was sending a guy, but he was out toward Heber. That would take over half an hour. No one else was available. The sheriff’s office might respond if she called them, but there was a chance they would shoot the animals if they thought they were a threat to the cars on the highway.

More than anything she wanted to prove that Two Hearts, in this case eight hearts including Daria and all of the horses, could pull this off. If they wanted to be an all-species, no kill rescue, they had to be able to respond to any type of animal that needed them, and they had to be able to do it without calling for backup every time.

Maybe they didn’t have it in them after all. Staffing was low, funding was lower, and getting these emaciated animals back to health would not be cheap. As much as Poppy hated to admit it, again, she was a failure. But for Two Hearts to spend all of its money on these poor horses, they had to catch them first.

Okay, first things first, you’re going to need help.

Poppy’s brother would be mostly worthless against such large animals, but it didn’t really matter because he was scuba diving somewhere. All both of the regular Two Hearts volunteers were in high school at the moment.

That was pretty much the extent of people in the Park City area she could rely on in a pinch.

There was Slade, but …. Forget it. Well, she needed help and whatever buts she had to deal with later, maybe he could help her out of this mess.

She dialed his number. It rang once. Twice. A semi blared its engine break along the highway and the horses freaked out again. Poppy kept one hand in the air as she backed up to the curb. Three rings.

“Hello.” Slade’s voice was a half whisper.

“Hey, it’s Poppy. You in the middle of something?”

“I was about to head into a meeting. Why?”

“Oh, never mind. I was just …” Keep the panic out of your voice but don’t just leave that hanging.

“You don’t sound good. What is it?”

“Me and Daria are having a horse emergency. I need a few extra pairs of hands, and I kinda ran out of options.

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