Once An Outlaw
“Through the pass, up to the rim of the ravine, across a winding trail that dipped and rose precipitously, always in the red rock shadow of the mountains.
Her wrists burned as the rope chafed her skin mercilessly and the sun beat down upon her from a peaceful blue sky as Ratlin led her mare in silence and Jenks followed.
Jenks had searched back along the pass until he’d found her grazing mount. The two men had cleaned up the small camp they’d made in the clearing and headed out quickly, smoothly..., so efficiently that Emily had the impression that Ratlin and Jenks had worked together before.
But how Uncle Jake and Pete and Lester had fallen in with them, she had no idea. All she knew was that those dearest to her in the world were planning a crime so hideous she could barely comprehend it.
And there was no way to stop it. Not unless she could escape. Even then, every hour that passed would make it that much more difficult to prevent the holdup. Clint was in Denver somewhere, Uncle Jake and Pete and Lester were on their way to some rendezvous there, and she had no idea where precisely the holdup and murder were going to take place.MoreLess
Her wrists burned as the rope chafed her skin mercilessly and the sun beat down upon her from a peaceful blue sky as Ratlin led her mare in silence and Jenks followed.
Jenks had searched back along the pass until he’d found her grazing mount. The two men had cleaned up the small camp they’d made in the clearing and headed out quickly, smoothly..., so efficiently that Emily had the impression that Ratlin and Jenks had worked together before.
But how Uncle Jake and Pete and Lester had fallen in with them, she had no idea. All she knew was that those dearest to her in the world were planning a crime so hideous she could barely comprehend it.
And there was no way to stop it. Not unless she could escape. Even then, every hour that passed would make it that much more difficult to prevent the holdup. Clint was in Denver somewhere, Uncle Jake and Pete and Lester were on their way to some rendezvous there, and she had no idea where precisely the holdup and murder were going to take place.MoreLess
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