A L W A Y S T I M E T O D I E EE LL II ZZ AA BB EE TT HH LL OO WW EE LL LL For Eric and Miranda The future is yours. QUINTRE M ALE DE LL LINE ESCENT Contents QUINTRELL LINE PROLOGUE The cutting edge of a winter storm made the old house sigh and moan as… ONE Two men squinted against the wind and stared down at the quintrell family… TWO Carly may had been raised in the Colorado Rockies, which meant that she… THREE The Duran family lived on the outskirts of taos, beyond the tourist area… FOUR Andy Quintrell v reached for another beer, only to have his father take… Five Carly walked down a hallway in the old castillo home. With each step she… SIX Dan shut the weathered door of the taos morning record behind him. He… SEVEN Carly glanced around the clean, worn reception area of the taos morning… EIGHT The writing was in the erratic faint scrawl of a man at the end of his… NINE Carly murmured into her collar as she bent over the microfilm reader… TEN “Thank you, missy,” josh said, reaching for the sandwich melissa moore… ELEVEN Carly’s stomach growled. TWELVE At the back of the quintrell house, Dan parked his truck, got out, and… THIRTEEN The kitchen door shut behind carly, leaving her literally out in the cold… FOURTEEN Carly tried not to think about anything on the bumpy ride to Taos. She… FIFTEEN Carly struggled out of a nightmare of gutted rats and blood spurting in… SIXTEEN Josh quintrell hung up the phone and rubbed his forehead. SEVENTEEN Carly flipped quickly through photographs, placing them in a kind of… EIGHTEEN Dan put another sheet on the glass bed of the scanner, punched the button… NINETEEN The sheriff’s temporary office was a lot newer than the tourist part of… TWENTY “What about Jim Snead?” Melissa asked, resting her hip casually against… TWENTY-ONE As carly climbed down the steps of the sheriff’s temporary quarters, the… TWENTY-TWO Lucia heard the rumble of her husband’s big ford expedition, the slam of… TWENTY-THREE Melissa opened the front door. “hello, dan, carly.” Though she hadn’t… TWENTY-FOUR The governor’s mansion had been designed to invite visitors to be comfortable… TWENTY-FIVE Dan glanced around his rental house. It looked like a photographic… TWENTY-SIX Dan stretched his left leg and kneaded muscles that wanted to knot up… TWENTY-SEVEN Melissa covered her face while the helicopter settled onto the small pad… TWENTY-EIGHT The house phone rang, waking Dan from a restless sleep. By the time the… TWENTY-NINE Jeanette dykstra’s lips moved but no sound came from the TV Screen… THIRTY Melissa made her final rounds of the house, checking that outer doors… THIRTY-ONE A bleary-eyed Dr. Sands confirmed what everyone already knew: Sylvia… THIRTY-TWO “What do we have so far?” Carly asked, looking at her checklist. THIRTY-THREE Governor Josh quintrell shifted on the metal folding chair. His expression… THIRTY-FOUR Thanks to bad weather in new hampshire, the governor’s plane had been… THIRY-FIVE They hadn’t been on the road very long, but Carly knew she’d throw up if… THIRTY-SIX Winifred ignored the sluggishness of her body and mind, strength lost… THIRTY-SEVEN Carly awoke with the first light slipping past the curtains into Dan’s bedroom… THIRTY-EIGHT Dan parked in front of his parents’ house, next to the old car they had… THIRTY-NINE “Why can’t I come with you?” Carly asked. “why should Gus have to run… FORTY SNOW lay sparsely along the narrow road. The housing was a combination… FORTY-ONE Carly stretched, then bent over the microfilm reader and went back to… FORTY-TWO Carly pushed against the plywood, holding it in place while Dan hammered… FORTY-THREE The winter sun was gone from the sky, leaving only the faintest tinge of… FORTY-FOUR The nightscope makes it easy. Good thing. The cold is taking the feeling… FORTY-FIVE Carly smacked her hands together. Even inside lined gloves, her fingers…
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