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Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 47

Thanks to that damned mule, we’re not getting out of here quietly. Oh well, as long as they know we’re here, I reckon there’s no reason not to shoot a couple of them. Starting with Mustang Gray. I lock the Spencer’s sights on him, centering on his fat face, and squeeze the trigger. Except that … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 47

Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 46

“Keep your heads down,” I tell Victoria and Block. “I think I heard something.” We’re two days out of Tombstone, hunkered down in a little clearing in the middle of a cluster of big granite boulders. I climb out onto the rocks, where I can see down into a little narrow canyon nearby. Down in … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 46

Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 45

“You know anything about how they break horses out here?” I ask Victoria. She shakes her head. I pull back the stirrup, exposing Coyote’s side. “See these scars?” Coyote has scars down both sides, from his shoulders to his flanks. You have to look close to see them under the hair, but they’re there. “They’re … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 45

Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 44

I have a little trouble getting out of bed the next morning. Every part of me aches, and what doesn’t ache feels like it’s on fire. I look at myself in what passes for a mirror on the wall of the bunkhouse. There’s a long red mark from where Ike whipped me across the face. … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 44

Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 43

After Ike is done with his little ride on the saguaro I get the horses under control and then bring the wagon back around to pick him up. I stop the wagon by him and climb down. It looks like all the fight is gone out of him. He’s a mess. He’s flat on his … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 43

Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 42

“I shoulda killed you when I had the chance!” Ike yells. Yeah, they all say that. Then he sees Billy. “You killed my brother!” He had it coming. And while he’s rattling on I figure I should just put a hole in him. You know, let him join his brother, who actually looks kind of … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 42

Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 41

It’s not Billy Clanton. That can mean only one thing: Billy is hiding somewhere, pointing a gun at us. From the corner of my eye I see movement on top of the livery stable. Sunlight on a rifle barrel. “Ambush!” I yell. Everyone starts grabbing leather. Frank goes for his gun but I’m not even … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 41

Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 40

A few minutes later we’re heading for the OK Corral. We walk side by side down the middle of the street. I’m on the left. Doc is next to me, then Wyatt in the middle and the other brothers on the far end. The street empties out before us. Mothers grab their children and scurry … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 40

Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 39

I reach for my guns. Wyatt snarls a curse and goes for his. But I’m faster. I fire both guns at Frank while Wyatt’s is just clearing leather. I just have time to think—I beat Wyatt Earp. What do you know?—and then I’m throwing myself to the ground. Wyatt’s gun barks and I feel the … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 39

Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 38

I lift the latch and go through the door. Once I close the door behind me I stop and lean against the wall for a moment, thinking how close that was. “You ain’t like the rest of them.” I look up. The blonde girl is standing in the doorway to what must be her family’s … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec – Chapter 38