Zach watched Maddie walk back up to the house, then reached for his jacket and snapped it closed. He couldn't believe how the temperature kept dropping. At this rate they'd have snow by nightfall, almost unheard of in the Hill Country. He'd best make sure everything in the barn and stable was buttoned up tight and that the heat was properly set in the calving barn.

He'd sent three of the hands out riding the fence line, checking for strays just in case and making sure there ...