Armed to Face the Liar

Gareth saw Harper tuck the gun away. He lowered his eyes and kept signing the papers on his desk.

"Go outside and fire the round," he advised calmly. "It could go off by accident."

"Oh."

Harper pouted. She was not happy when he was still thinking about the gun.

Why was he so stingy? He had so many men. So many guns. What's wrong with giving her just one?

She had given him a pile of supplies in exc