Unstained Hands

Panic blanching her cheeks, Ruby tried to summon her men.

Most lay groaning on the ground; the few still conscious had neither strength nor courage to rise.

"D-Don't be rash! If you pull that trigger, the Carmichael family will see you dead before you cross the border!" The threat trembled even as it left her lips.

Killian kept the rifle steady. "Whether I leave Sylvania isn't your family's decisi