Yellowstone - John Duttons daughter

Only devils left

"Hey Jimmy." Kayce calls, he, Tess, Rip and Jimmy sat on horse riding along looking for broken fences, "Why don't you ride ahead and look for the next break?"

"I'll go with him." Tessa says the two leave Kayce and Rip to fix the fence and continue along the line.

They only get a few metres away before they spot a cow who doesn't look quite right.

"Shit, he's bloated." Tessa muttered

"Hey Jimmy, Tess!" Rip yells out, "He said ride the fence line."

"Hey, this cow looks kinda funny." Jimmy yells back, Tessa gives a nod of agreement.

"Shit." Rip muttered "Hold on - Here." He tossed Kayce a rope before the two climbed on the horses and chased the cow.

They managed to rope him and get him on his side, Rip climbing off his horse and walking over with a knife.

"Jimmy." Rip called, "Gimme the Wonder Dust out of the saddlebag."

"The what kind of dust?"

"It's wound dust." Tessa tells him

"Grab it out of the fucking bag." Rip repeated, as he stated the side of the cow, blood and air spraying out.

"What's bloat?" Jimmy asks as Rip squeezes the powder onto the cut.

"Ate something he shouldn't." Kayce explained, Rip handing the bottle back to Jimmy.

"What the fuck did he bloat on, the grass is dried and it didn't freeze last night." Tessa questioned

"They can't eat when it freezes?" Jimmy asks growing more confused by the minute.

"Jimmy, quit askin' fucking questions." Rip said getting annoyed, "Go put it back."

"Doesn't make any sense, Kayce." Tessa shakes her head, "There's no alfalfa in this field."

"I never seen one bloat in the fall." Kayce adds

"That's 'cuz they don't." Rip tells Kayce, who doesn't answer. Something further down the field had caught his eye, as everyone glanced in his direction they spot cows.

At least a hundred cows were lying spotted around the field, assuming all had bloated as well. They all walked closer, it looked like

"Oh, my God..." Kayce muttered

***

John and Jamie soon turned up, along with a few of the wranglers. To say there was a lot of cows was an understatement.

"Mr Dutton." Lloyd says coming over a hand full of alfalfa in his hand; "Here's your culprit."

"This is a crime scene." John replied, "Jamie. Get livestock agents out here. Everyone walk away from this area." He turned to another man; "Brian. You're not a reserve agent anymore. You're on regular duty. You find a way to cover this area. I don't want a fuckin' bird landing in it."

Brian nodded and walked off, John turned to his youngest son; "You. Walk with me."

"You think this was Dan?" Tessa calls as John walks off

"Positive." John replies

***

"So you think this was intentional?" Sheriff Haskell asks as he checked over the field, "I don't see tire tracks anywhere. The fence is way over there... no one threw it over."

"Well we ain't fucking stupid enough to feed our cows alfalfa." Tessa said, she'd had enough of sheriff Haskell, between Rip killing the bear, and now, he wasn't making any friends.