The Town’s Most Feared Gunslinger Risked His Life to Save a New Waitress From Outlaws — Until a Secret From Twelve Years Ago Revealed That Her Missing Father and His Missing Brother Had Vanished on the Same Night
Chapter 11
The train arrived at midnight.
Voss was waiting.
He had taken Clara’s mother.
He had taken Samuel.
And now he wanted Clara.
Elias stood alone on the platform.
Voss stepped from the train.
“You’ve been difficult to kill.”
Elias looked at him.
“So have you.”
Voss smiled.
“You think this is about Crowe?”
“No.”
“It’s about the ledger.”
Elias shook his head.
“It’s about Clara.”
Voss’s smile vanished.
“Your weakness has always been attachment.”
He ordered his men forward.
The fight began.
Elias moved through the train.
Gunfire echoed through the carriages.
Clara freed her mother.
Samuel attacked one of Voss’s men.
The train began moving.
Voss grabbed Clara.
Elias arrived.
“Let her go.”
Voss pointed a gun at Clara’s head.
“You’ll never shoot.”
Elias lowered his weapon.
Voss smiled.
Then Clara moved.
She stepped backward.
Pulled the silver key from around her neck.
And pushed it into a hidden lock inside the train wall.
A compartment opened.
Inside was the original ledger.
Complete.
Every name.
Every transaction.
Every crime.
Voss stared.
“You…”
Clara smiled.
“My father knew you’d come.”
She had understood the key.
It wasn’t a warning.
It was the key to the evidence.
Voss raised his gun.
Elias fired.
Voss dropped.
The train slowed.
Silence.
Clara looked at Elias.
“Is it over?”
He looked at the sunrise outside.
“Almost.”
