Deep as the Rivers (Santa Fe Trilogy) by Henke Shirl

Deep as the Rivers (Santa Fe Trilogy) by Henke Shirl

Author:Henke, Shirl [Henke, Shirl]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Shirl Henke
Published: 2012-10-13T23:00:00+00:00


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Early the following morning they set out for the small mission outpost on the Missouri. Olivia St. Etienne sat in the prow of the canoe, back ramrod stiff, eyes staring straight ahead like a French aristocrat on her way to the guillotine. The colonel lay in the bottom of the craft trussed hand and foot, body rigid, a silently furious “cargo.”

Johnstone chuckled to himself. He had accomplished what he set out to do without having to fire a shot or wait half as long as a patient man such as he had been prepared to do. When Samuel had rushed out to rescue Olivia from the coyote, Micajah had already seen the menace since he had been going out into the woods to observe the two of them, hoping to catch them in precisely the compromising position he had. His rifle had been sighted on the rabid animal ready to fire if Shelby’s shot had missed its mark.

No, sir, he hadn’t had to fire a shot. He was pleased as a possum inside a pig carcass.



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