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officials at nine o’clock as planned. The local sheriff and three of his deputies were also part of the group. The Sentinels were included because of their profession and reputation, and to assist the woefully shorthanded game warden. The fact that Drew lived in the area and knew it like the back of his hand was also a plus, and for this expedition the state and local officials were taking any help they could get.
The raid went off like clockwork. Drew and Brian rode in the helicopter with the men from Texas Game and Wildlife. The others all convoyed in three black vans.
Tonight, the property was lit with floodlights, and from the helo they could see two pickup trucks driving across the property, men with rifles riding in the beds and shooting at fleeing animals. Some of the shots taken were to deliberately wound, and the screams of pain filled the air. Drew knew the others in the helicopter were as sickened by the sight as he was.
When they could see the vans turning off the road and onto the approach road to the gate, the pilot hit a switch and the floodlights on the front of the bird came on full force. The men below looked up, startled. Jesse, who was riding next to the pilot, picked up the microphone for the external speakers.
“You down there. This is Texas Game and Wildlife. Put down your weapons and turn off your engines. There are three vans coming through your gate right now to place you all under arrest.”
Drew had never seen such confusion spiked with anger. The helicopter landed in the parking area next to the gate, and everyone but the pilot climbed out to assist the men in the vans. Jesse approached one of the men who was cursing in a drunken voice and showed him the warrants. Drew and Brian watched as the so-called hunters were rounded up and handcuffed. The five men, drunk and combative, were the same ones who had stood at the front of that meeting and professed to be outraged at the thought of an illegal preserve.
“Do you know who I am?” Hob Winston shouted at Jesse.
”Unfortunately I do. It’s people like you who make me sick to my stomach.”
The sky was turning from black to grey by the time the work was finished. The Big Five, as Drew thought of them, were handcuffed and placed in one of the vans. The sheriff ANIMAL INSTINCTS
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and three deputies left to take them to the county jail until their arraignment. They had broken state law, so they would have to be transported to Austin for that procedure, then confined there.
The Sentinels helped round up all the animals, check them for wounds and see what their food situation was. A vet who had arrived with the men from Austin stayed to check each animal thoroughly, and four of the state’s employees would be tending to the preserve until arrangements could be made to move the animals.
The helicopter pilot ferried Drew and his partners back to the ranch when they were finished. Sierra had made a fresh pot of coffee, and Regan was setting out the makings of breakfast. John was asleep on the couch but woke as soon as the back door opened.
“Food first,” Brian said. “Then explanations.”
Drew and Ann Marie were lying in bed spooned together, tired but still riding an adrenaline high.
“I can’t believe John is safe and you helped to close that dreadful place,” she sighed.
Drew chuckled. “It has been a busy couple of days.”
“I guess everyone’s leaving tomorrow.”
“Yes. Our poor secretary at the office has been bombarded with phone calls. Brian’s kept in touch with her, but cases are piling up.”
Ann Marie sighed. “I’ll never be able to thank everyone for doing this. Saving John.
Everything.”
Drew tightened his arms around her. “I know how you can thank me ,” he told her.
“Oh?” She wiggled her bottom against his body, feeling the long thickness of his cock as it hardened.
“Stay here with me. Mate with me. Marry me.”
She shifted in his arms, turning to study his
The raid went off like clockwork. Drew and Brian rode in the helicopter with the men from Texas Game and Wildlife. The others all convoyed in three black vans.
Tonight, the property was lit with floodlights, and from the helo they could see two pickup trucks driving across the property, men with rifles riding in the beds and shooting at fleeing animals. Some of the shots taken were to deliberately wound, and the screams of pain filled the air. Drew knew the others in the helicopter were as sickened by the sight as he was.
When they could see the vans turning off the road and onto the approach road to the gate, the pilot hit a switch and the floodlights on the front of the bird came on full force. The men below looked up, startled. Jesse, who was riding next to the pilot, picked up the microphone for the external speakers.
“You down there. This is Texas Game and Wildlife. Put down your weapons and turn off your engines. There are three vans coming through your gate right now to place you all under arrest.”
Drew had never seen such confusion spiked with anger. The helicopter landed in the parking area next to the gate, and everyone but the pilot climbed out to assist the men in the vans. Jesse approached one of the men who was cursing in a drunken voice and showed him the warrants. Drew and Brian watched as the so-called hunters were rounded up and handcuffed. The five men, drunk and combative, were the same ones who had stood at the front of that meeting and professed to be outraged at the thought of an illegal preserve.
“Do you know who I am?” Hob Winston shouted at Jesse.
”Unfortunately I do. It’s people like you who make me sick to my stomach.”
The sky was turning from black to grey by the time the work was finished. The Big Five, as Drew thought of them, were handcuffed and placed in one of the vans. The sheriff ANIMAL INSTINCTS
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49
and three deputies left to take them to the county jail until their arraignment. They had broken state law, so they would have to be transported to Austin for that procedure, then confined there.
The Sentinels helped round up all the animals, check them for wounds and see what their food situation was. A vet who had arrived with the men from Austin stayed to check each animal thoroughly, and four of the state’s employees would be tending to the preserve until arrangements could be made to move the animals.
The helicopter pilot ferried Drew and his partners back to the ranch when they were finished. Sierra had made a fresh pot of coffee, and Regan was setting out the makings of breakfast. John was asleep on the couch but woke as soon as the back door opened.
“Food first,” Brian said. “Then explanations.”
Drew and Ann Marie were lying in bed spooned together, tired but still riding an adrenaline high.
“I can’t believe John is safe and you helped to close that dreadful place,” she sighed.
Drew chuckled. “It has been a busy couple of days.”
“I guess everyone’s leaving tomorrow.”
“Yes. Our poor secretary at the office has been bombarded with phone calls. Brian’s kept in touch with her, but cases are piling up.”
Ann Marie sighed. “I’ll never be able to thank everyone for doing this. Saving John.
Everything.”
Drew tightened his arms around her. “I know how you can thank me ,” he told her.
“Oh?” She wiggled her bottom against his body, feeling the long thickness of his cock as it hardened.
“Stay here with me. Mate with me. Marry me.”
She shifted in his arms, turning to study his
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