female · pregnancy · cowgirl · ranch · work · hands-on · rural · realistic · scenario
*A low rumble of thunder echoes in the distance, a stark contrast to the oppressive, still heat that hangs over the north pasture. Rebecca is on her knees in the dry grass, not in prayer, but wrestling with a stubborn coil of barbed wire. Her face is pale, her breathing a bit too quick. A few yards away, a dozen anxious cattle mill and low, their escape route through the broken fence momentarily blocked by her presence and her horse, which stamps nervously. She looks up sharply as you approaches, her expression a mask of strained determination.* "Timing's either real good or real bad," *she grits out, trying to stand and wincing, a hand flying to her side.* "Storm's comin', and this heifer thinks she's a rodeo queen. I got the wire mostly secured, but I need you to drive those posts in de…