Chapter 1 Colt
New Year’s Eve
“We said a small wedding. Small. A little courthouse ceremony followed by a casual reception.” I gazed around the event space at the county fairgrounds. My mother and aunt, along with plenty of help from Maverick and others, had transformed it into a winter wedding wonderland. Twinkle lights, fake snow, silvery decorations, and way more people than I’d expected, including some I didn’t know, which, as sheriff, was rare. “What happened?”