In the quiet heart of southwestern Wyoming, a small town clings to its small-town ways. But when a sudden boom brings big money and bigger secrets, what’s left of the town they thought they knew?
As usual, I want to than Malady for beta reading, and helping edit.
I'd also like to thank those who comment for beta reading too! :-)
If you haven't read the prologue, I'd suggest reading it first. You can find it at the bottom of this page or click on the previous word 'prologue'.
Chapter 1
March
3rd, 2028
6:30
PM
“Come
on, people!” Fran Smith muttered as she inched her car forward.
“This isn’t Texas. We know how to handle a little snowfall.”
But
this wasn’t just a snowfall. This was a blizzard.
The
kind that swallowed roads, blurred headlights, and turned every
breath into a freezing cloud.
Fran
gripped the steering wheel harder, her gloves stiff with cold despite
the heat blasting in the car. Visibility was nearly zero, and the
wind howled through the trees like some unseen force warning her to
turn back. But there was no turning back—not with Venture’s
pathetic excuse for a police force consisting only of her.
She
rounded the bend—then hit the brakes.
Her
tires slid. The back end fishtailed, bouncing into the snowbank with
a muffled thud.
Something
lay in the road.
