where there should be cowboy hats and western flavor attire , everything had turned south . they must be from another station . she put her fingers on his mouth . my eyes shifted to his , the warmer than normal warmth was still there and my knees got weak . a trio of crows grated to one another in the pines , and a hawk carved a lazy spiral against the sky . her stomach tightened and an ache settled around her heart . terror was still on her face and ned followed her eyes to were she looked . 