In the Echoes of the Buffalo Gun
Petra lay blissfully in Buck's arms, she was sleeping like a lamb, at last, there were understanding and purpose in her life.
Having a family gave her a new kind of emotional strength, one that wasn't based on demonstrating that you were tough and could look after yourself.
Missy, felt blessed with the morning breeze rushing through her hair and was grateful that the winds of time had finally blown her family to the shores of BG.
She and Denver had been in search of a lost daughter but were blessed by the discovery of two. One with the determination of Denver and the other filled with the essence of her mother and their ancestors.
Shadow glowed like a beacon, now free to move forward unhindered by any preconceived misconceptions of uncaring parents, born of an uncertain past.
What relieved her most was the knowledge that she was able to openly show the love and affection she held for her grandma, even though she was complicit in their separation.
Through her dreams, she had always been able to connect with her Mother and her siblings, but never with her father, just like her Mother, who always worked through a third party, like Jhonny.
Today amid disaster she was about to discover that when combined with her Mother they would become an emotional conduit for the whole family.
As the bullet penetrated Denver's shoulder, they shared in his pain and saw the world through his eyes. The shattered and blood-spattered crystal glass and the look of horror and shock on Talulah's red mist-shrouded face.
Petra's pleasant dream changed to a nightmare, she felt her Father's legs crumple, as he fell toward the breakfast table.
She launched herself towards her horse, "I'm sorry Buck," and without hesitation, and barely clothed was up and riding toward the Liberty Belle. Her face was awash with hot tears, that felt like molten lava burning tracks on her distressed face.
The boys were stopped in their tracks as they heard the terrible scream that came from the open mouth of the mute Conan, who'd thrown himself forward to catch his one and only best friend.
Missy was just a distant member of the audience as the curtain fell, but still, she felt the love, he carried for her in his heart.
She didn't know what it was she felt, but it wasn't despair or grief, for their undying love stretched beyond all mortal boundaries of this world.
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Busted Gulch vol. 11
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