1.06: The Coyote of the Painted Plains

Published: May 24, 2016, 8 a.m.

They warned her about the bandits, but Mary Anne didn\u2019t listen. She was engaged, she said; her fianc\xe9e was moving to Crossroads, and even if Crossroads was crawling with bandits, she didn\u2019t have much of a choice. Sheriff Beau Richmond asked her to marry him; Mary Anne said yes; and that, as far as Mary Anne knew, was the end of it.\n\nIt might have been the end to Mary Anne\u2019s entire story, too \u2013 decades married to a man whom she liked well enough, she guessed, stop asking, please \u2013 if the bandit hadn\u2019t stopped the train.\n\nChance Sequoyah is a very special bandit. Sure, she\u2019ll take the usual things: money, necklaces, watches. But she plans on taking something else, too: Mary Anne Watkins.\n\nAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands\n\nPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy