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A cold spell tightened an icy fist around Rocky Peak after Thanksgiving weekend. The high school football team continued to lose. Griffin was on everyone’s s**t list, it seemed. Serena ached for him, especially because she knew what it felt like to be a virtual outlaw.
She comforted him as best she could, which meant endless hot nights together in her guesthouse, talking until dawn, sharing secrets and thoughts they’d never told anyone else. It was like working on a painting together, watching it take shape with a magic all its own.
The only thing she didn’t tell him was that she hadn’t stopped poking around the lodge for answers about her father. Gracie pulled her into assisting with the new design for the lodge’s website. She took advantage of that to search for Frank or Francis Ri
