Sweat dripped into her eyes as she carried the lamb, knowing the ewe would follow her baby’s unhappy bleating. Sure enough, the pair had been in the hollow, but they’d refused to be herded out, so Ally was forced to find another way. By the time she reached the pen and got the mother and baby safely inside, she was breathing hard and coughing from the thickening smoke.
Looking up at the sky, with the dark smoke making it look like a storm was moving in, she wondered how close the fire was now. This morning it had been a few miles away and headed her way. A cloud of dust raising off the road alerted her to the arrival of a visitor. Probably the sheriff again or maybe one of the Rangers coming out to try again to get her to leave. She sighed and turned away. She didn’t have time for this an
