South Dakota: Painted Irons Appear Along The Ridge At Dawn

Ranchers know the feeling of finding a stranger's fence on familiar ground. Grit Hollow wakes to exactly that: survey irons marked by a company, hammered in overnight, with unfamiliar tracks circling them. Wren's truth-seeking sword refuses to point straight. Boundwater's second episode asks whose record of the land should win. The chapter is free. Pierre and Sioux Falls readers can find it on the Home Page.