Mail Order Marshal by George H. McVey

Author:George H. McVey [McVey, George H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: George H. McVey
Published: 2018-03-11T05:00:00+00:00

Alexzander stood inside the jail and looked around the main room. He hadn’t paid much attention earlier because his focus was on the men in the office and not the office itself. What he saw angered him. It was no wonder that Deputy Autry got taken unaware by the six men who came to free Little. The office was set up so that anyone at the desk wouldn’t know who was entering the building until they cleared the door. The desk should be on the other side of the room facing the door with the wall behind it to protect the lawman’s back. There was a gun rack but it was in the open, giving anyone access to the weapons and ammunition within the cabinet. He shook his head. His pretty little bride thought her precious dead fiancé could do no wrong. Yet from what he could see, the man was an idiot when it came to protecting himself and his deputies. That Little hadn’t changed the arrangment, showed how he had ruled more by fear than by smarts.

To the left of the room from the door the desk, were three cells. On the right, a door leading somewhere else. He’d inspect the cells first because he figured the other room was a place for a deputy or the marshal to sleep if they had the overnight duty. Right now, he was too angry to sleep. He’d look the office over and then he’d go walk the town, starting with the saloon. Maybe there’d be someone looking for a fight he could pound into the ground.

The cells were dirty, and the cots smelled like they hadn’t ever been aired out. He would have his work cut out for him, but he would get everything put ship shape. After all, what else did he have to do with his time? His bride wasn’t really his bride; she had made it abundantly clear that he was only here to fill in for the dead Ike Hardin and catch his killer.

It wouldn’t have been so bad if she hadn’t been everything he didn’t know he wanted until he’d seen her. She had fit into his arms so well when they’d kissed, and she’d surprised him with the passion with which she’d returned his kisses and absolutely blown him away when he’d pulled back at the discreet signal from her chaperone and she’d taken the initiative and pulled him back for an even hotter second taste. At that moment he’d wished he’d never promised her time to get to know him because he wanted her to be his wife in truth.

Then Little escaped and the woman he came back to was cold and cruel. She was nothing like the shy and passionate woman he’d met earlier. No, this was a spoiled child acting out because she didn’t get what she wanted. He shook his head. If he was smart he’d find a judge tomorrow and have this farce annulled. If it cost him the job of Town Marshal, so be it.

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