09/25/2026
Midnight on the prairie.
A cowboy named Cade lay tied at the end of a rope, dragged behind a galloping horse across rocks and cactus, straight toward the edge of a ravine. The men who did it worked for Marsh, the loan shark who owned half the valley. Cade had robbed his money wagon. His best friend had sold him out.
He was seconds from dead when a second rope flew out of the dark.
The man who threw it was a Tanako farmer, out looking for a lost mare. He cut Cade loose, threw him over his shoulder, and vanished into the night.
Now he's kicked open his own front door with a bloody stranger on his back.
Inside, his wife stands alone with a Wi******er aimed at the door. She's pregnant. And she knows exactly what her husband just brought home: not a man, but the rope that was around his neck.
What none of them know yet: this family owes Marsh $400.
And the bounty on Cade's head is exactly $400.
Out on the prairie, seven torches spread out, searching.
Then one of them turns.
And rides straight for the house.
The lantern goes out. In the moonlight, the farmer takes the r***e from his wife's hands.
"Let 'em come."
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