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attacker shoved harder with the gun.
    “Lookie, boys, we got us a sheriff. He’s got to bring a good amount of coinage, don’t ya think?”
    There was a flash of black. A blur. Several shots. Screams. Jonathan caught movement out of the corner of his eye and realized someone had shot the man who had him at gunpoint.

Western Futuristic Romance
Chapter Four
    Molly fired off two more rounds , taking down t wo more outlaws before racing full - speed at the crowd. She launched herself high into the air, spun several times, firing as she went , and grinned when her feet hit the ground. Several more outlaws dropped along with her, only they didn’t land on their feet or have a pulse anymore.
    Dead tends to do that to a person.
    She smiled as she stood tall next to Lynnette. The man with her looked like a giant protective cowboy. In fact, that’s exactly what he was. As he glanced at her, she noticed his silver eyes. Those belonged to just one man. “Hi, Parker MacSweeny .”
    The six - foot - five ox of a man nodded. “Hi there.”
    Lynnette arched a brow, clearly amused by the man and if Molly didn’t know better, she’d have said her friend appeared interested in him .
    Parker did a double - take, his eyes wide as they raked over her. “Molly? ” He glanced behind him at Lynnette before staring back at her. “ M olly? You’re in…leather and…and you’re armed.”
    Grinning, Molly reached down and grabbed hold of the stan dard - issue Special Marshal fire arm in her side holster. She handed it to Lynnette butt - first . “Next time you try to commit suicide to get them off my trail, make damn sure I’m not standing close enough to hear and stop it or I might kill you myself. ”
    It made little sense but it was all Molly had at the moment.
    Lynnette glanced away. “I-I thought if I came in your place they’d kill me, think it was y ou and stop hunting you. I’m not like you. No one will miss me, Molly.”
    Parker rounded on her, his face lit with fury. “You will not talk like that again, woman. Understood?”
    Lynnette ’s mouth opened, her brow furrowed and she shook her head. No sound came out.
    Molly smiled. Trust Parker to render her friend speechless. “I’d miss you, Lynn. Cole would miss you and I’m thinking — ” S he glanced at Parker . “ — others would too, sweetie. I appreciate the gesture but getting yourself killed on account of me isn’t what I want. I want you safe and happy. Now, let’s kick some bad guy ass.”
    Parker’s eyes widened. “Molly?”
    Removing her hat, Molly let her long braid fall free as she handed the hat to Parker. “Hold this and stand real still.”
    “Huh?”
    She shook her head as she glanced at Lynnette. “He’s a MacSweeny boy. He can’t help but get in the way. It’s something in their genetic makeup. They need to play the hero. There are a whole lot of them. I stopped trying to keep count. And before you ask, yes, they all look this good. I think it’s to tempt the women. Like walking sin.” She licked her lower lip. “ Mmm , and they can tempt an angel. Just know if you run across one, they will undoubtedly be underfoot thinking they’re helping out.”
    Parker huffed. “I am not underfoot. I am—”
    “What do you propose we do?” Lynnette asked, smiling as she cut Parker off in mid-sentence.
    The outlaws picked then to resume their attack. Lynnette swept Parker’s feet out from under him and rode his body to the ground as she fired at the enemy. Molly joined in, firing with one hand and grabbing hold of her whip with the other. She lashed out with it, disarming two men in the process. Something yanked it free of her hand but she didn’t stop to see what. She kept going, doing everything in her power to keep Parker and Lynnette safe.
    One of the outlaws bent down. His eyes swirled to the color of brandy wine and incisors that rivaled a rabid wolf’s appeared in place of his normal teeth. She knew the breed. She’d been chasing this