Lincoln's Lawman #1 Six-Guns or Surrender: A action adventure adult western by Van Dorn A.M

Author:Van Dorn, A.M.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cedar Ledge Publishing
Published: 2019-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

In his room on the second floor of the Hotel Franco, Riker’s naked form lay underneath the blanket that covered him from the waist down. He was propped up against the headboard with his hands clasped behind his head as he waited.

Things had moved quickly following the dissolution of the meeting. Before going to the hotel, Riker had overseen the disassembling of the stack of black powder kegs in the gun shop. While he had done that, the town undertaker who was one of the participants at the meeting had busied himself collecting what was left of the would-be mass murderer who had paid for his crimes with his life. No one could say who he was as there wasn’t enough left of him to identify.

The denizens had eventually all drifted back to their homes for the evening, many, Riker was sure, would have a sleepless night in anticipation of the next day when they officially began to organize. Others, he was sure, would sleep soundly for the night for the first time in a long while knowing the promise of hope had taken root. Riker knew he had his work cut out for him though as, clerks, farmers, and other assorted professions didn’t make for ideal foot soldiers, but that was all he had to work with.

Whenever he and McKenna returned east to check in with their superiors in Grant's White House, they often had to listen to Easterners' fanciful visions of what life must be like in the western lands beyond the Mississippi. They always laughed to themselves when the most common stereotype was brought up to them that everyone in the West was a natural-born gunslinger who could work magic with a pistol. The reality was far different, and because of their line of work, it was only the people that knew how to wield a six-shooter or rifle that they often encountered.

As he idly watched the flickering gas lamp next to his bed, he thought back once more to the events of earlier. He’d expected some sort of arrival at the church by Dalton’s Peace Officers, but nothing had materialized. That hardly meant they were out of the woods yet. If anything, it meant Dalton was taking his time planning his next counter move. He’d shared that belief with Luther Beckett just before the man prepared to return to his ranch. Callie had said she would return later on a borrowed horse from her friend, Nellie, who worked at the feed store. Luther seemed to hesitate before agreeing, but as she was a grown woman in her late twenties, she was free to come and go as she pleased.

After her father rode off, they bid farewell to her brother, who was still worried about the coming conflict and returned to the hotel with Jorgenson. The man insisted that Callie also have a room and a bath while he rounded up some dry clothes from one of his daughters to replace her still-soaked attire from her final plunge into Dalton's Creek.

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