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1、WhennewsarrivedoftroublebackinTexas,HoltMcKettricklefthismail-orderbrideonthespot.Butthat’showithadalwaysbeenforHolt–tryingtodotherightthinginevitablygotsomebodymadathim.Hejustprayedhe’dbeintimetokeephisbestfriendfromthegallowsandsavethemanwho’draisedhimasason.T
2、hearduoustripfromArizonatoSanAntoniowouldberifewithrustlersandthieves–bothofwhichHoltcouldeasilyhandle.ButnothinginhischeckeredpastcouldhavepreparedhimforawomanlikeLoreleiFellows.Settingfiretoherweddingdressinthetownsquareprobablywasn’tthebestwayforLoreleitomake
3、herpoint,butshewassickofmen–asfarasshewasconcerned,theywerenothingbutcheatsandliars.Andwhyshouldshebeinsuchahurrytomarryanyway?AllshewantedwastostakeherclaimonherownlittlepieceofTexas.AndwithHoltMcKettrickashernewneighbor,shemightbeabletodojustthat.Themanwasastr
4、aightshooterwithastrongwill,asteadyaimandahungryheart.Beforelong,thesparksareflying...andtwopeopledeterminednevertobelieveinlovecan’tbelievethey’vetheirheartsareboundastightasaropeonalassoedheifer.MCKETTRICK’SCHOICELindaLaelMillerForJeshua,StillerofstormsTomyrea
5、ders:Bythetimeofthisstory,theproudComanchetribehad,forallpracticalintentsandpurposes,beenconfinedtovariousreservations.Iamconvinced,however,thatafewraggedbandsofrenegadesstillpursuedthelostdreamofregainingtheirland,andIhaveincludedthemhere,forthesakeofthetaleits
6、elf.“That’showthebastardsgetyou—bymakingyouscared.Don’tyoueverletanybodyoranythingdothat.”—AngusMcKettrick,patriarchoftheMcKettrickfamilyCHAPTER1ArizonaTerritory,August12,1888HOLTMCKETTRICKhookedafingerunderhisfancycollarinavainefforttoloosenitalittle.Weddinggue
7、stsmilledonthewide,grassystretchofgroundalongsidetheTripleMranchhouse,theirfinerydappledbyshiveringpatchesofshadefromtheyoungoaksthrivingthere.Twofiddlersplayedamournfulrenditionof“Lorena,”andtherewasawholehogroastinginthepitHolt’sthreehalfbrothershadduginthegro
8、undandlinedwithflatrocksfromthecreek.Theweddingcake,bakedbyHolt’ssisters-in-law,wasthesizeofabuckboard,andalongtable—animprovisedarrangementofplankssupportedbyhalfado
