Standoff At Sunrise Creek by Stephen Bly

Author:Stephen Bly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: relationships, partnerships, feisty heroine, hero adventure, romance 1800s, cavalry unit, legal claims, writer heroine, grieving men, horses western
Publisher: Bly Books

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By early evening the Triple B looked more like a town than a ranch. The soldiers set up their tents across from the bunkhouse. Men milled around the barn, taking turns riding El Viento, who never grew tired of racing down the trail. Several worked at Brannon’s blacksmith shop where Barton’s drivers repaired one of the carriages.

Brannon managed to pull himself onto the top rail of the corral and watch all the action. The lantern cast shadows of the women at work in the house.

Well, babe, would you look at this? Our place packed with people. Someday, we said, there will be neighbors, and friends, and total strangers stopping by. Laughing, singing, working, playing… and little kids running through the yard.

But there are no kids.

I miss you, Lisa. I really miss you.

“Mr. Brannon?” Private Jenner stood near the corral. “Mr. Brannon, would you like some help getting back to the house?”

“Jenner, if you’ve got the time, I’d like your help getting up to those two piñon pines on that far rim.”

“I got time. What’s up there?”

“A couple of good friends.”

He and Jenner didn’t say much until they reached the trees. “It’s a grave.”

“Two of them. My wife and a son.”

“Sorry, sir. Did the Indians get them?”

“Nope. Childbirth. Jenner, would you mind giving me a half hour and then coming back?”

He turned on his heels and moseyed back down the sloping hill.

Brannon scooted over to the base of one of the trees and leaned his back against it. Picking up small pebbles, he tossed them towards the newly cleaned gravesites.

For over two years I’ve been chasing all over this country. I know I should have come back sooner. One thing led to another… and I was scared.

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