For Honor’s Sake
“queried Julie, risking a glance at the ugly bandit who confined her within his burly arms.
“You will find out soon enough, señora,” Pedro grimaced, the scar lifting his upper lip in a travesty of a grin.
“Where is Murieta?” Julie asked hopefully. “Does he know what you and Elena are up to?”
“El jefe is gone,” Pedro shrugged carelessly. “By the time he returns you will already be disposed of.”
“Oh, God, no!” Julie despaired. Murieta had been her last hope. Somehow she believed he would come forward and rescue her before Pedro could harm her.
“He left me in charge,” Pedro bragged, puffing out his barrel-like chest proudly. “I am el jefe until he returns from San Francisco where he had business.” Julie’s heart sank, and she deliberately turned her face away so that Pedro could not see her fear.
For the next hour Julie was so preoccupied with protecting herself from Pedro’s grimy hands as they roamed freely over her body that she had little time to give into her rising terror.
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