Chapter 3Grady’s eyes bored into him. Though he didn’t frighten Leon, the bounty hunter commanded attention, and would have even if he didn’t have the butt of a rifle resting on his thigh. Leon tried not to look at it. The damn thing had hurt like a b***h slamming into his shoulder. Between that and his sore leg, his whole body screamed at him for rest, but he was pretty sure he wouldn’t be getting any, any time soon.
“Didn’t you have somewhere you needed to go?” he continued lightly. “I think you’ve probably missed your train by now.”
“I’ll catch up with it when we get off the side of this mountain. And that’ll be easier if I’m not hauling dead weight.”
“Or if you’re not hauling any weight. I find that works best of all.”
“The bounty on your head is enough to convince me otherwise. Fo
