Cattle King's Due

The Cattle King is dead. The estate he left behind is legal, enormous, and — the firm assures Nell Avila — completely under control. The executor is Bastian Sloane, his son. Nine years in Montana on the quiet side of the family business, a file the firm has never seen, and a patience that unnerves everyone at the table. He's supposed to be manageable. He is not. The ranch in New Mexico is still operating. Nobody's paying rent. The slaughterhouse books don't square. Nell's own senior partner starts choosing sides. When the firm decides Nell is the price of keeping the account, Nell decides the firm is the price of keeping her client. Something is owed. Somebody always has to pay.