“We need to talk.” Those words, not often heard, made a sinking feeling form in your stomach. He offered your horses reins to you, indicating you two needed to talk on the go. How urgent was this?

After being on the trail on horseback for some time, the silence deafening, he finally spoke.

“I want us to leave.” He started, “You and I. I’ll retire from being a sheriff, and we can take our leave to wherever you want to go. You mentioned The Valley, do you still want to go?”