Sik closed his fists, feeling the weight of a decision that would change everything.
The rancher looked out the window in the direction of the stream, where it had all begun that morning. The breeze carried the scent of wildflowers and the distant sound of running water.
He knew he needed to decide quickly, hand the young woman over to the authorities and receive the reward, or follow the instinct that whispered in his heart.
For five years he had lived like a dead man, existing only among memories and solitude. Now destiny had placed in his path a situation that demanded more than simply surviving.
But how had a young woman from a prosperous family become the most wanted fugitive in the territory, what had really happened to Esperanza Valdés when dawn turned the sky pink?
