Zach pulled into the private road for the Hennessy ranch, driving under an ostentatious archway and following white-painted fencerows up to skirt around the main house. The Hennessys weren't one of the founding families - they'd only been in town thirty years or so, as Zach recalled - but they were obviously right up there in wealth.

The firefighters were just rolling up their hoses and packing up their gear when Zach and Jennings pulled up beside the barn. Ranch hands and ...