Vengeance Road
“Get up,” I says, nudging Jesse with my boot.
He rubs his eyes, grumbling, and squints at the sky. It’s still dark and heavy overhead, with a tiny sliver of soft red ’long the horizon. “The sun ain’t even awake yet.” He looks a little better today—more color in his cheeks.
“Good thing, too. We gotta hike outta this camp and into them canyons before the sun breaks over the horse-head rock.”
“The landmark?”
I forgot he read the journal, already knows everything I do. “I saw it when I were scouting... the Riders’ camp, the evening before I came for you. It’s partway down the other canyon, if you take the left fork. We get there in time, we’ll know where the mine is. Soon as the sun shines over the rock form’s neck, it’ll light up a portion of hillside ’cross the canyon, marking the location.”
Jesse pauses, bedroll half cinched to Waltz’s burro.
“Well, we still got a deal, don’t we?” I says. “I’m more ready than ever to see Rose take his last breath.MoreLess
He rubs his eyes, grumbling, and squints at the sky. It’s still dark and heavy overhead, with a tiny sliver of soft red ’long the horizon. “The sun ain’t even awake yet.” He looks a little better today—more color in his cheeks.
“Good thing, too. We gotta hike outta this camp and into them canyons before the sun breaks over the horse-head rock.”
“The landmark?”
I forgot he read the journal, already knows everything I do. “I saw it when I were scouting... the Riders’ camp, the evening before I came for you. It’s partway down the other canyon, if you take the left fork. We get there in time, we’ll know where the mine is. Soon as the sun shines over the rock form’s neck, it’ll light up a portion of hillside ’cross the canyon, marking the location.”
Jesse pauses, bedroll half cinched to Waltz’s burro.
“Well, we still got a deal, don’t we?” I says. “I’m more ready than ever to see Rose take his last breath.MoreLess
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