L Shaped Ranch Novels & Stories

Yet here I am, a total sap for the little thing. It doesn’t take too long to get from the airport to mine and as I turn off the main road and onto the dirt track leading up to the ranch gated entrance, Immi is taking it all in. The trees, the vast space and then we get to the gates. They’re black and very tall with an arch forming over them, iron fancy lettering says The Ranch. “Wow.” She lets out a breath. “This looks like it’s going to be pretty impressive. How much land do you own right now?” Her eyes are popping so wide, I have to reach over and kiss her on the cheek.

The others, Spitfire, Rachelle, and X and J, had other things to take care of, mostly with setting up the tech infrastructure back at the house. We loaded up into the truck and made our way to the ranch, passing through stretches of dry, barren land. The Patterson’s ranch was in a remote area, surrounded by uneven ground, tall cactuses, and sparse shrubbery. The dirt roads were bumpy, the heat already rising in the air as we pulled up to the entrance of the property.

What are we doing here? But Elle can't pay attention to what Lily is talking about. She looks around and continues to marvel. The Ranch does not disappoint, with commanding views of 4 surrounding mountain ranges, as well as diverse topography and native vegetation combined provides a perfect wildlife haven. "Dear good!" says Elle. "I would move here if I could." "Wait to see the inside," Lily says, and starts dragging her after the amused looks of Esme and Liam Kyle. The entrance to the ranch building is shocking to Elle. It is a massive and majestic log construction that could easily accommodate at least 50 werewolves if it would be necessary. But Lily is right.

The house is equipped with an average kitchen and one modern bathroom, it also has a generous living room, five bedrooms, a cozy dining room, and a spacious garage. The building is shaped like an L. The extension extends into a covered patio reaching the end of that side of the house. The second floor is the same size as the first, but part of it hangs over the edge of the floor below, creating an overhang on one side and a balcony on the other. This floor has roughly the same style as the floor below. The roof is low, triangular, but one side is longer than the other and is covered with wheat straw. One small chimney pokes out the center of the roof.

His dad always said he liked the privacy it gave them, and Rafe and Gabe had used the privacy of the trees for games as children and other, less playful, things as they grew older. He followed the gravel driveway through the trees until they reached the clearing where the actual ranchland began. And there it sat, the place he'd avoided for so long. Rafe had painted the ranch house and done a lot of hard work getting the place in shape. It was very evident. Gus took a moment to drink in the scene—ranch house surrounded by oak trees that provided a canopy of shade. Endless pastures stretching away to the north, two of them filled with cattle, men on horseback checking on them. Herding them.

he asks while skewering me with his blue eyes. I look out the window at the fields that make up a small portion of Gray Ranch. They have so much acreage it is easy for enemies to ambush them. They have so many small pups to care for at the moment that they have left themselves vulnerable. Without constant vigilance and routine patrols, an enemy could surprise them easily. The scents from their livestock alone could help camouflage an enemy...

She had him brushed down and tacked up quickly, and then sprang onto the saddle, heeding Rudy’s warning about the grey sky and how a thunderstorm was predicted. She took the trail she usually takes, around the back meadow and towards the creek that borders the ranch and the place next door. The ranch sat on close to two hundred acres, smaller than some places in the area, but the land was good for grazing. Justin wasn’t interested in raising cattle, so he allowed Mitch to run some of his Angus herd on the place.

It would do for now as a suitable place to stay and hopefully avoid being found by Janice. When I went back outside Bill was sitting in his pickup and told me to hop in. He took me for a ride around the ranch. He had almost six thousand acres of which five thousand were pretty flat and made for good grazing. There was a couple hundred acres sectioned off that he grew winter feed on. The back section of the ranch was hilly and covered by forest. Farther on I could see mountains from which a stream flowed cutting through the property. He said this area was only traversable on horseback.

“Name’s Lored.” “Samnom,” he replied shaking Lored’s hand. He followed Lored back to the house which was set some distance from where he had spent the night. The yard seemed to stretch farther than he could see in any direction. The East side was bordered by the small road through the forest. The North side was bordered by a river, the West by a dry gulch and the South by a small mountain range. The land looked largely untamed and Samnom wondered if anything had been planted yet. At the center of the yard stood a cottage built from stone. It was medium sized and looked fairly new. Behind the cottage stood a barn.

Lewis had talked to Jimmy and Ken at the party about the Lakehouse ranch that was on sale in the countryside. They had agreed to wake up early before everyone and saddle through the hills and enjoy the sunrise and the view of the indigenous hills and deep ravines and enjoy the view of god beautiful creations as guided by Ricky who was a country boy born and blend in the ranches and new the trail like the back of his hand. The horse riding was relaxing due to the breathtaking views and the sunrise view was a beauty to enjoy especially when they arrived at the Lakehouse and met with the agent representing the owners they were shown around the house, the Lake view which was beautiful to watch f