Hot Velocity. Elle James

pulled his wallet from his pocket and removed the notepad he’d used to record his notes. Then he brought up the photos of the maps on his cell phone. “Not much more than we already know. Olivia Dawson—” he glanced toward Hawkeye, who’d established a relationship with the woman “—owns this portion of land bordering the current pipeline easement.” He pointed to the middle of the map on his phone. “On the north side of the easement is the national park all the way through the mountainous area. East of the Dawson spread, the land was recently sold to Pinnacle Enterprises.”

      “West of Dawson’s ranch is owned by BRE Inc.”

      “Any idea who BRE Inc. is?” Caveman asked.

      Garner’s lips thinned. “Bryson Rausch Enterprises.”

      “The big shot in town?” Ghost asked.

      Hawkeye’s brows descended. “Liv says Rausch owns half the town. He offered to buy her ranch before her father’s casket settled in his grave.”

      “I can’t imagine the man risking a connection to the Free America group,” Ghost said. “Why would he? He has plenty of money.”

      “I can’t help but think what’s happening with the pipeline is somehow connected with Free America.” Garner stared into the distance.

      “Wayne Batson admitted he was paid to kill the pipeline inspector,” Caveman said.

      “But he didn’t share the name of the guy who funded him,” Ghost reminded them.

      “Hack hasn’t found the money Batson claims he was paid.”

      “Unless he was paid in kind.” T-Rex’s eyes narrowed. “Do you suppose he was paid in weapons?”

      “The weapons we can’t find?” Caveman asked.

      “Yes, those.” T-Rex drummed his fingers on the table. “The ones that arrived in the boxes discovered in the Lucky Lou Mine.”

      Garner nodded, his own eyes narrowing. “Could be.”

      “We know Batson had a tactical training facility on his property and that he was training individuals there,” T-Rex reminded them.

      Leaning forward, Garner’s eyes narrowed. “We can only assume they were members of the Free America group and Batson was one of them. But we have no evidence, and Batson didn’t keep written or video records of those who came for the training.”