Chapter 108 CICADAS
POV: RYDER
“How’ve your past two weeks been, Ryder?” Dr. Marie Brown asked, her tone steady as the mountains just beyond her office window.
He tipped his hat back and exhaled slow, a grin tugging at the edge of his mouth. “They’ve been good, Doc. Damn good. Rodeos been kind, bulls been rank but ri...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Eight Seconds to Hell
2. Chapter 2 Hung Up
3. Chapter 3 The Color of Somewhere Wilder
4. Chapter 4 The Cathedral
5. Chapter 5 Before She Saw Him
6. Chapter 6 What She Sees
7. Chapter 7 What Rose Already Knows
8. Chapter 8 The Weight of a Look
9. Chapter 9 After the Dust
10. Chapter 10 The Door He Doesn't Open
11. Chapter 11 What Wren Knows
12. Chapter 12 Her Own Kind of Knowing
13. Chapter 13 What She Notices
14. Chapter 14 What a Heartbeat Sounds Like
15. Chapter 15 Thirty Seconds
16. Chapter 16 Worth the Eight Seconds
17. Chapter 17 The Parking Lot
18. Chapter 18 Hundreds
19. Chapter 19 Granted
20. Chapter 20 First Time
21. Chapter 21 The Right Kind of Wanting
22. Chapter 22 Sleek and Metal-Edged
23. Chapter 23 The Shape of His Life
24. Chapter 24 The Gate
25. Chapter 25 Before the Scream
26. Chapter 26 What He Sees
27. Chapter 27 Back in the Saddle
28. Chapter 28 The Smile He Put On
29. Chapter 29 He Was
30. Chapter 30 Two Words
31. Chapter 31 What Crept In
32. Chapter 32 Something Special
33. Chapter 33 What She Is Agreeing To
34. Chapter 34 What Choosing Again Costs
35. Chapter 35 The Decision to Turn
36. Chapter 36 The Flicker
37. Chapter 37 New Beginning
38. Chapter 38 Confession and Debrief
39. Chapter 39 What Rose Holds
40. Chapter 40 Glass and Steel
41. Chapter 41 What He's Riding For
42. Chapter 42 What Rose Finally Says
43. Chapter 43 His Kind of Air
44. Chapter 44 The South's Opera
45. Chapter 45 Section C Row Four
46. Chapter 46 Hooked
47. Chapter 47 Thirty Seconds
48. Chapter 48 Bulls and the Devil
49. Chapter 49 Arena Lights
50. Chapter 50 Riding the Wave
51. Chapter 51 Circles
52. Chapter 52 Mending Fences
53. Chapter 53 Buckle Bunnies
54. Chapter 54 Space
55. Chapter 55 Summertime
56. Chapter 56 Sun Bruised
57. Chapter 57 Turning Down Desire
58. Chapter 58 Weekend Plans
59. Chapter 59 Victoria
60. Chapter 60 From the Outside
61. Chapter 61 Lingering
62. Chapter 62 World's Apart
63. Chapter 63 gOODBYE
64. Chapter 64 God Help Me
65. Chapter 65 Nothing Wrong
66. Chapter 66 Good Food
67. Chapter 67 Strong Enough
68. Chapter 68 What's in the Air
69. Chapter 69 Birthday Gifts
70. Chapter 70 Dear Daddy
71. Chapter 71 Letter to Him
72. Chapter 72 Landing
73. Chapter 73 Screened
74. Chapter 74 Selling
75. Chapter 75 Long Roads
76. Chapter 76 Digging Deep
77. Chapter 77 Running
78. Chapter 78 Heartbeats
79. Chapter 79 Cowboy Casanova
80. Chapter 80 LAUGHTER
81. Chapter 81 WAITING
82. Chapter 82 THAT OLD GUITAR
83. Chapter 83 WARM LIKE RAIN
84. Chapter 84 NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN
85. Chapter 85 ORIGINAL SONG
86. Chapter 86 BOARDROOM
87. Chapter 87 EMPATHY
88. Chapter 88 DON'T BLINK
89. Chapter 89 I BELIEVE YOU
90. Chapter 90 DON'T SCREW THIS UP
91. Chapter 91 A MOTHER'S DREAM
92. Chapter 92 RIDING
93. Chapter 93 Sparks
94. Chapter 94 Oklahoma
95. Chapter 95 Back on the Bull
96. Chapter 96 POLLY
97. Chapter 97 WHAT THE HELL YOU WAITIN' FOR
98. Chapter 98 cotoletta
99. Chapter 99 BOUT DAMN TIME
100. Chapter 100 A Sister's Advice
101. Chapter 101 Internal Conflict
102. Chapter 102 The Morning Sun
103. Chapter 103 I'm Not Going Anywhere
104. Chapter 104 White Blood Cells
105. Chapter 105 Summer Nights
106. Chapter 106 Cowboy Sheik
107. Chapter 107 The Parent Talk
108. Chapter 108 CICADAS
109. Chapter 109 Expecting
110. Chapter 110 Broken
111. Chapter 111 Dear Daddy
112. Chapter 112 Baby Mamma Drama
113. Chapter 113 Man UP
114. Chapter 114 Space
115. Chapter 115 Judgement
116. Chapter 116 HOPE
117. Chapter 117 Delilah
118. Chapter 118 Movie Night
119. Chapter 119 Quilt
120. Chapter 120 Long Road Ahead
121. Chapter 121 The Parents
122. Chapter 122 Plans
123. Chapter 123 Plane Rides
124. Chapter 124 Daddy
125. Chapter 125 Our Song
126. Chapter 126 Moments
127. Chapter 127 The Old Barn
128. Chapter 128 The City
129. Chapter 129 A Great Lose
130. Chapter 130 A Great Lose Part 2
131. Chapter 131 Weight on His Shoulders
132. Chapter 132 Family
133. Chapter 133 Barn Doors
134. Chapter 134 Clean Slat
135. Chapter 135 Time
136. Chapter 136 Two Months
137. Chapter 137 Visit
138. Chapter 138 Figuring things Out
139. Chapter 139 Confessions
140. Chapter 140 Polly
141. Chapter 141 OPENING CEREMONY
142. Chapter 142 FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE
143. Chapter 143 Nightmares
144. Chapter 144 Something Like Regret
145. Chapter 145 APOLOGIES
146. Chapter 146 Out of Here
147. Chapter 147 Leather
148. Chapter 148 Fine
149. Chapter 149 Damn Fine Night
150. Chapter 150 OUT OF HERE 2.0
151. Chapter 151 LOW
152. Chapter 152 NO BOTHER
153. Chapter 153 frustration
154. Chapter 154 KEEP IT STEADY
155. Chapter 155 ONLY WITH YOU
156. Chapter 156 NO MORE RODEO
157. Chapter 157 WARM QUILT
158. Chapter 158 INCREDIBLE
159. Chapter 159 HAPPY BIRTHDAY
160. Chapter 160 LAUGHTER
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