SAVAGERY OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN
SAVAGERY OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN
PINNACLE BOOKS
Kensington Publishing Corp.
www.kensingtonbooks.com
Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Prologue*
“No!” Lucy shouted. She jumped in front of Pearlie just as Keno fired, and the bullet struck her in the chest.
“No!” Pearlie screamed, the guttural shout a cross between an anguished cry and a roar of rage.
Pearlie’s first shot hit Keno in the arm, causing him to drop his gun. Then Pearlie shot Keno in both knees. Keno went down, screaming in agony.
Pearlie shot off each of his ears, then pointed the pistol at Keno’s face and fired, putting a hole right between Keno’s eyes. Pearlie pulled the trigger three more times, but the hammer fell on empty cartridges.
It didn’t matter.
Keno was dead.
Pearlie spun around then, and dropped to the ground beside Lucy. With each breath Lucy drew, blood frothed at her mouth. The bullet had hit her in the lungs and she was dying right before Pearlie’s eyes.
“Lucy, Lucy, why did you jump out like that?” Pearlie asked.
“He would have killed you,” Lucy said. “I couldn’t let him kill you.”
“Lucy, oh, my God, Lucy,” Pearlie said. Sitting on the ground beside her, he cradled her head in his lap.
“I only wish that we could have been married,” Lucy said.
