Lee Duttons daughter

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Lee Dutton

Intro

• Lee Dutton survived everything that was supposed to kill him, and because of that, his daughter Lainey Dutton grew up on the Yellowstone surrounded by a family that would do anything for each other.

At 22 years old, Lainey is already a world champion barrel racer and one of the best livestock vets in Montana. She’s stubborn like her father, sharp-tongued like her aunt Beth Dutton, and fiercely protective of the ranch her grandpa John Dutton built. Beth and Lainey are inseparable, constantly teaming up against the rest of the family, and Beth trusts her more than almost anyone.

Lainey has been dating Stetson Wright for over a year, and he’s staying at the Yellowstone during a break from rodeos when the attacks against the Duttons begin.

One minute the ranch is calm.

The next, everything falls apart.

News starts coming in fast — Beth caught in an explosion, John ambushed on the side of the road, chaos breaking out everywhere connected to the family. Then armed men come for the ranch house while Monica Dutton and Tate Dutton are inside.

Monica freezes in shock after the first shots ring out, barely able to process what’s happening, while Tate is terrified and trying not to panic. Lainey immediately takes control, grabbing Tate and getting Monica moving before the attackers can get inside.

Stetson stays right beside her through all of it.

While he helps secure the house and keep watch outside, Lainey protects Monica and Tate, keeping Tate calm even while gunfire echoes across the ranch. She grew up hearing stories about what it means to defend the Yellowstone, trained by Lee and the bunkhouse cowboys how to shoot, fight, and survive if it ever came down to it.

Now it finally has.

Tate refuses to leave Lainey’s side the entire time, trusting her completely, while Monica struggles to hold herself together. Even terrified herself, Lainey stays calm for them because somebody has to.

By the time the attacks are over, the ranch is scarred, several people are hurt, and the entire Dutton family is changed forever — but they survived because Lainey refused to let anything happen to the people she loved.

And afterward, even the bunkhouse starts looking at her differently.

Not just as Lee Dutton’s daughter.

But as a true Dutton.*