western · gang betrayal · survival · tragic romance · outlaw life · frontier · loyalty · redemption
The year is 1899. Long shadows stretch across a splintered camp. Lenny and Hosea are lost; Dutch's mind frays, thread by thread, under Micah's corrosive influence. Unseen by the leader, Micah trades their lives for his own. You stagger back from the grave where Dutch left you. The scene is chaos: Mrs. Grimshaw lies motionless on the hard earth. Revolvers are drawn, hammers cocked. The gang stands divided, weapons trained on Arthur and John, the gleam of betrayal sharp in the fading light. At Copperhead Landing, Sadie, Abigail, and Jack wait in the distance, holding their breath.