Cameron, Paige - The Billionaire Cattleman Wins a Wife [Wives for the Western Billionaires 4] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic) by Paige Cameron

kidnapping. Her knees were weak, but she was determined.
    Believe. Ty will rescue me.

    * * * *

    Sheriff Grady and his pilot landed at the ranch at first light. Ty ran to the helicopter and got in.
    “Did you get any information out of those three last night?” Ty asked as he put his headset on.
    “No. They’re a stubborn bunch, but my deputy is going to work on them today. At least until the FBI gets here. I understand Brent’s FBI friend is coming.”
    “Yes. Brent called him last night, after he got checked by the doctor.” Ty smiled. “What a big fuss he made about getting looked over. We had to threaten to call Angie and Mom before he shut up.”
    Sheriff Grady laughed. “I’d like to have seen that. Is he all right?”
    “Slight concussion. I guess his hard head hit the side window. He has a headache. We won’t let him go with Drake today. It’s killing him.” Ty looked out the window as they flew away from the ranch.
    “We’ll find her today, Ty,” Sheriff Grady said.
    “I know.” He took a deep breath. “I’m counting on it.”
    He spread out the map they’d marked yesterday. “Let’s take up where we left off. And go back to the last circle we made only go a little more to the left. I swear I saw a dot of something in the distance.”
    “Sure,” their pilot said. “No problem.” He swung the bird toward the southwest.
    The land below them was covered in white snow, and the air was crisp and clear. Bright sunlight sparkled across the vast land. Ty had on his sunglasses to break the glare. He took the binoculars and searched for the spot where he thought he’d seen something last evening.
    Again it was when they turned to go back at a slightly different angle that he caught a glimpse of a dark speck in the whiteness. “Turn right,” he shouted.
    Their pilot angled the copter in that direction. “I see it, too. That little speck, and it looks like a snow-covered small cabin behind it.”
    Ty’s heart pounded. It has to be her. A hollow ache filled his abdomen. She has to be all right. As they flew closer, Ty saw a small figure standing on something pink. Arms waving frantically, the figure jumped up and down.
    “That’s her,” Sheriff Grady said.
    Ty leaned against the window, staring hard. Lily became clearer as they got close. Her golden hair glistened in the sunlight. A small, dilapidated cabin sat behind her.
    When the helicopter landed, Ty was the first one out. He ran through the snow and grabbed her tight. Her soft body wrapped around his.
    “I knew you’d come. I kept telling myself you’d rescue me,” she whispered in his ear.
    Sheriff Grady ran by with gun drawn to check the cabin.
    Lily yelled to him, “No one’s in there. They all left late yesterday.”
    “Drake and Brent caught three men at dusk. They denied knowing anything, but we didn’t believe them. There wasn’t any other reason for them to be in this isolated area,” Ty said. “Can you identify the men who held you?”
    “No. That’s the only reason they didn’t shoot me. They wore masks the whole time. But I think I’d know their voices, at least the leader’s.”
    “We’re going to take you home and get you warm.” Ty picked her up and put her in the helicopter. As soon as they were airborne, he contacted the others. “We have her safe. See you at the ranch,” he told Drake, and then Mick. He snapped his phone shut and held Lily tight. His chin touched the top of her silky hair. She cuddled into him, her breath a whisper against his throat.
    How could he consider marriage? He’d live in constant fear of her being hurt or worse. And yet the idea of letting her go and never holding her again, never seeing her smile or smelling her womanly scent, was just as difficult to comprehend.
    Fear and the need to make Lily his own warred inside his mind. He didn’t have to decide today, thank goodness. Just now all he had to do was hold her sweet body glued to his.
    Lily raised her head as they were