Chapter 22

Jake didn’t move.

“Come on. We need to get us, this stuff, and the horses under cover.”

Jake sprung into action then, doing most of the work to get everything and everyone stowed away as overhead, the rain clouds grew even darker and the thunder got closer, louder and more frequent, as did the flashes of lightning.

Just as they exited the lean-to after bedding down the horses with some remarkably fresh-looking straw and providing them with some sweet feed, the rain began in earnest. Jake and Brett ran to the front of the shack and slammed the door behind them, shutting out the biting cold wind that began to blow.

“Didn’t know it rained in Heaven,” Jake said, looking out a small window to the right of the door.