Joey

If you've been following the "Whitfield Rancher" series, then you know Joey was extremely close to Ollie, his adoptive great-grandda. We've also experienced some of the hardships Joey has had to go through as a child and briefly learned about some of the trouble he'd inadvertently experienced as a young man. He's left and come back twice at this point, just to clear his head and put things into perspective. Tanner had previously made a promise to Ollie that before he met the sun he would take care of Joey. When Joey leaves for the third time and Tanner goes to meet him because he knows what Joey's intentions are. Joey has discovered he has plenty of magical powers but doesn't know how much or what he can do but he catches Tanner by surprise, which is quite difficult, and give Tanner a new ability. Eve, Joey's grandmother, had a dream that Tanner would be leaving but would return with a mate and there would be children. Oliver knows not to argue with her because her dreams in the past when she's had them, have been spot on. Enter Autumn. She's just found out she has stomach cancer. Evidently, when her parents tried to kill her with poison, it weakened her immune system making it easier for cancer and now two years later, the doctor told her he thought she had about one month to live. By this time, Joey had been gone two years with Tanner popping in and out and trying to get a handle on his magic. Joey and Autumn's story brought tears and warmed my heart. This was the perfect ending, to a great series.