# **They Mocked the Woman Who Came to Feed Them. By Winter’s End, Every Man at Grady Ranch Would Know Who She Truly Was.**NVP
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Chapter 24 - Ambush on the Ridge
As they prepared to pack the gold onto their pack mules, a gunshot shattered the quiet outside. Coulter and Rafe ducked as bullets struck the stone entrance. The leader of the syndicate, an arrogant lawyer named Harrington who had remained hidden behind the ridge, had arrived with four additional armed guards. "Leave the gold and step out with your hands up!" Harrington shouted through a megaphone. "Or we will blow the entrance and bury you alive inside!"
