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haven like the church to exist in a border town. Agents like him and Warren backed up order with hard, cold steel. It had been a long time since he’d noticed the lack of payback for his efforts. Brianna’s kiss lingered in his thoughts, a stolen taste of what he devoted his life to protecting. In spite of the fact that he never got to enjoy the haven his efforts produced.
    But he wasn’t the first man to be tempted by the society he patrolled. A grin lifted his lips as he turned his back on the church. Temptation was a mean spirit, but she sure was a sight for the tired soul to look at.
    “I’m going to snatch me a wife, Pa.” Joseph Corners was half-drunk, but he enjoyed whiskey so didn’t much care that drinking made his mouth run faster than a spring river. His pa looked up and pushed his hat back so that he could get a good look at his son.
    “Don’t be bringing the law down on this house, boy.”
    “The law don’t need to know.” Joseph took another swig from his bottle and rubbed his swollen cock. “I want Brianna Spencer for my bride and I’m going to snatch her up.” He snickered as he fantasized about tossing her into his bed. His cock throbbed some more as he licked his lower lip in anticipation of having her at his command. Her sweet skin would be clean, a whole lot better than a used whore. He’d just bet that her pussy smelled nice too.
    “Her daddy ever come back from the hills?”
    “Naw. Everyone knows he’s dead except her. See, that’s the best part, Pa. I get me a wife and after I get it all legal-like, that mill is ours. If we was running that mill, we could get a pocket full of gold out of those dumb farmers.”
    Greed sparkled in his father’s eyes. The cabin was dingy and full of mud from the boots of Joseph and his three brothers. His mother had died two years ago and the woman’s work had fallen aside with her passing. His pa looked at the greasy cast-iron skillet sitting on the stove.
    “Well, I think it might be nice to have a woman around here again. About time one of you boys married up and saw to the keeping of your pa. What’s you planning to do, boy? Beat her into submission?”
    A hint of enjoyment rushed through him but he shrugged it off. He didn’t want to blacken Brianna’s face like his pa had done to his ma. There were other ways to control a woman. “Naw, she’s a pretty thing.”
    “But she ain’t agreed to marry you. She’s got to agree in front of the parson or we don’t get the mill.” His pa’s voice was edgy. Like he was thinking of laying his fist across Joseph’s head for not agreeing to beat Brianna into compliance. Sitting up, Joseph wiped his mouth down his sleeve before trying to convince his sire of his plan. He did it fast because his pa wasn’t known for his patience and he knew what the older man’s fist felt like.
    “See, I was thinking. I snatch her up here and lock her away from the rest of the town for the winter. Won’t no one really notice once the snow sets in. Remember what you taught me about breaking a mare? I see it sort of like the same thing. If Brianna is forced to depend on me for food, she’ll soften up towards me. Get to liking me soon enough, cause I’m all she’s got.”
    “Not too bad an idea, son.”
    Joseph grinned because his pa only called him son when he was proud of him. “Besides, I figure if we got’s us a baby on the way, Brianna will be in a fine hurry to marry me before her belly gets too big.”
    His pa snickered. “Well now, it can get mighty cold up here in the winter. Seems like you’d better plan on keeping that pretty little girl warm.”
    Joseph snatched up his whiskey bottle and offered it to his pa. The older man took a swig before passing it back. Joseph rubbed his cock again and grinned as he considered just how to place his plan into action. With his pa on his side, his brothers wouldn’t be no trouble. In fact, they’d help out, considering there was a woman’s cooking to be