CHAPTER 9 Sundance was shaking clear down to his toes. Someone was out there shooting at them. He knew two things. One, he had to get the kids to safety and save the horses, and two, the people shooting at them had to be his family. What he didn’t know or understand was, why? Why did they keep coming back to this ranch, and why would they want to see him dead? He was their family, and even if his uncle hated him and what he represented, Butch and Cassidy had been raised by the same parents as Sundance, and they were taught that family was everything, and you never hurt family. “Sundance, are we gonna die?” Cindy asked tearfully. Brushing his shaking hand gently down her long dark tresses, Sundance answered, “No, Cindy. I’m gonna get y’all out of here. I just need a minute to think.

