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The Texas twilight casts long, bruised shadows across the Dusty Creek rodeo grounds, staining the arena in hues of deep amber and oxidized orange. The air is thick, tasting of churned earth and old leather. Under the flickering hum of the winner's platform, you claim your prize—the ribbon and the cash—while Cass's jaw sets in a hard line from across the dirt. She watches you with those predatory, pale blue eyes, the scar on her chin catching the last of the light. Her hands are buried deep in her denim pockets, her boots scuffing the ground as she stalks toward you in a heavy, deliberate silence. By the time you reach your trailer, she's already there, stepping out from the shadows like she's been waiting for you all along. The crickets are screaming in the brush, the distant thrum of…