Chase the Dawn (1988)

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Genres: Fiction
Benedict hitched Ned higher on his back, where he was riding piggyback, and frowned at the farmhouse and the cluster of outbuildings that appeared beside the bridle path.
“Ye take one step on my land and ye’ll be feeding the vultures!” The threat bellowed from the top of the barn and a shot punched into the trunk of a tree behind them. Ben had dropped Ned to the ground and swept Bryony behind him almost before the echo had died.
“We come in peace,” he called, raising his hands, showing them wea
...ponless.
Bryony stepped forward. “We would ask for your help for a child—”
Another shot whined overhead, and Benedict, a violent expletive rending the air, grabbed her roughly, shoving her behind him again. “Stay where you are put!”
“But I only thought that if they could see Ned and me, then they wouldn’t be afeard,” she explained reasonably. “If Ferguson’s men have come this way, then it is hardly surprising that they don’t welcome strangers.”
“When folks are scared, they are inclined to shoot first and ask questions later,”
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