Linda Howard - Western 01 by A Lady Of The West

Author:A Lady Of The West [West, A Lady Of The]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2011-11-26T00:00:07+00:00

"No."

Carmita clasped her hands. " Madre de Dios! If they were outside—"

She didn't have to finish the sentence. He turned on his heel and left the house. If they'd been caught outside, stray bullets could easily have hit any or all of them. It had been a firestorm of flying lead.

It was all over now. Those of McLain's men still left alive were coming out of their various hiding places with their hands high and empty. Jake and Ben searched the area, turning bodies over with their boots, kicking pistols away from outstretched hands. There was no sign of Garnet, or of the three women.

A cold sensation was freezing Jake's insides as he looked around at the vast, dark land. Had Garnet taken them? If he had, Jake knew he would never see Victoria alive again, because she wouldn't sit meekly while Garnet raped her sister. She would fight him and he'd put a bullet in her brain without a second thought. Despair congealed in a hard knot in his stomach at the thought.

He turned back to the small group of men huddled together and picked one out. He thumbed back the hammer, knowing everyone heard the small click, and pointed it at the man's head. "You, Shandy.

Where's Garnet?"

Sweat began pouring down the man's face, despite the chilly night. "I seen him ride out, Roper. I swear to God I did."

"When?"

"'Bout the time you went in the house. Him and a coupla others."

"Which direction?"

Shandy lifted a shaking hand and pointed east.

"Did he have the women with him?"

By now Shandy was shaking so hard his teeth were clattering together. "No, I swear he didn't."

Jake's finger tightened imperceptibly on the trigger. "I think you're lying to me, Shandy. The women aren't here. Garnet had to take them."

Shandy began wagging his head back and forth. "I swear, I swear," he babbled.

"He ain't lyin', Roper," someone else in the group said quickly. "I seen the women leave before the shootin' ever started. They lit out from the barn, ridin' west, in the opposite direction from Garnet."

Jake turned to Luis. "Get me a lantern." He lowered the hammer back into position, but looked Shandy right in the eye. "If you're lying to me, you won't see sunrise."

He, Ben, and Luis walked to the barn. Sophie was gone, as well as Emma's and Celia's mounts. The men used the lantern to examine the dirt floor of the barn, but too many people had been through it in the last half hour for him to be able to tell anything for certain. They walked outside, where he picked up Sophie's track with ease. He followed it for thirty yards, reading the sign.

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