Stacey Kayne - The Gunslinger's Untamed Bride

Günter gave a firm nod. He turned toward Miss Carrington. “You wish to ride on the wagon?”

She glanced at the horse Mr. Dobbs had been riding, then leveled those shrewd green eyes on Juniper. “Where are you going?”

“To recover the cash box. I think I know what will likely be the first stop of our Good Samaritans.”

“Good Samaritans?”

“In their minds, though I admit they’ve gone about it all wrong.”

“They shot my guard and stole my money!”

“They took what they believed you owed them, Miss Carrington.”

“What we owed an entire camp, not one group of thugs. How can you defend murderers? Though I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised,” she added, crossing her arms as she glared up at him.

Juniper glared right back. “Only one man pulled that trigger, and he’ll be found and charged with the crime. I’ll get your money back, Miss Carrington.”

“Not without us, you won’t.” Lily strode toward Dobbs’s black horse, and Juniper had to clench his jaw to keep from swearing.

“Let the man do his job, Lil’,” Reginald said, a blessed voice of reason.

“I plan to make certain he does.” Her tiny form swung into the high saddle in a most unladylike fashion, and with an ease that shocked him. “We can’t move forward until the payroll is recovered and properly distributed.” She tucked the excess folds of her fancy skirt securely beneath her slender white knees, then shifted in the saddle as though reacquainting herself with what had once been familiar.

“Which is why we’re riding along. Reginald.”

Her stiff-backed tone put a pinch in Juniper’s spine. He glanced at poor Reginald. The man’s weary expression threatened to dash the last of his hope. “What are my chances of talking her into staying at the camp?”

Reginald shook his head. “I always knew she’d be the death of me,” he said in a whimper, and started toward his horse. “I just thought it would take a little longer.”

Glancing back at Lily sitting stiffly in the saddle, Juniper knew it wasn’t the dandy’s death she had her heart set on.

It was his.

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