Page 50 of Mountain Men Heroes

“Just kill me already and get it over with.”

“We took you in. Why, Brax? Your lie of loyalty makes no sense.”

“I never belonged. My father gave this land to yours in exchange for taking me in.”

She looked on in silence as Brax rose to his knees. “I get this land back for my father so he can sell to the new lodge coming in and I’ll be accepted back in. Your girl was just a bonus.”

Brax sneered my way.

Ethan snarled and lunged forward. “You’ll never get her or this land!”

She stepped closer and laid a hand on his shoulder. He jerked his head around, and she could see the murderous rage in his tight expression.

Her gaze followed Ethan as he approached Brax who knelt, blood seeping from wounds on his chest.

“Before you leave my land, tell me if it was worth it. Worth betraying the one family who accepted you into their homes and hearts and never once treated you like the bastard they should have.”

“Stupid and weak is all I see when I look at a Savage.”

“Father promised a place for me in the family. I only had to do one thing.” He lowered his head and narrowed his eyes on her.

She noticed the murderous shift in him a second too late.

“Now that I’ve failed, I can still have one small victory.”

Having the advantage of the higher ground, Brax lunged for her, but Ethan was faster. He caught him around the throat and threw him back to the ground.

“I told you, you’ll die before you touch her.”

From her left, pristine white hair caught her eye. A man well over six feet and wider than a semi-truck with shoulder-length white hair stood over Brax, gun drawn.

The Savage men didn’t seem alarmed so she tried not to let her imagination fly away with what happened now. The fact he wore a badge helped settle her nerves. Still, she gathered the end of her scarf in her hands to keep her hands busy at least.

“Shots fired were reported by rangers,” The stranger spoke, taking his cuffs out. For a man of the law he didn’t have many questions. “I’ve been looking for my brothers for a while now. It seems you guys found them for me.”

“Someone should put them on a leash,” Ethan stated flatly that had the white-haired man grinning.

“Maybe. They can get a little out of hand at times, but that’s going to change.”

“Grab your baggage,” he snapped at his brothers. “You have some explaining to do to your father and the Judge back in Savage Ridge.”

The white-haired man who looked to be about Ethan’s age turned back and nailed Ethan with a piercing stare. They stood like that for what felt like a solid five minutes before he spoke. “You were kind to someone who never should have darkened your family with his presence. That kind of acceptance won’t go unnoticed. You’re a good family. If our father was half the man your father is, this sorry lot would have turned out better.”

The Savage brothers didn’t say anything as they stood around her like a shield.

“You should know this—I do not share the same beliefs as my father. The old man is on the way out and the bad ideas he puts into these boys will come to a stop.”

Fog tumbled around their feet and she could tell the effect of what Brax put in the water grated on their senses, if not their skin too.

She rubbed a flat palm along the length of her forehead trying to warn off the headache it was brought on for her.

The white-haired man hauled Brax over his shoulder like he weighed nothing more than a bag of flour and signaled for the rest of his brothers to get a move on.

“Wait. The fireweed. You…you use it to counter the poison,” she stuttered, before they could completely step out of sight. “Mix it with some yarrow as a tea.”

“Thank you.”

“It’s Remy.”

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