The Sun was blazing and it was hot for a Montana September day.
Bonnie Calhoun, daughter of the legendary Casper Calhoun and now owner of his cattle empire waiting impatiently on her horse.
Blond 5-6 and a beautiful woman she had earned the respect of her employees after she took over. It helped that as a teenager her father had made her do the dirtiest hardest outdoor jobs and made sure she could shoot and fight as well as any hand You are always going to be tested and tried but that will make your triumphs sweeter was his motto.
She heard a beep on her I Phone and saw the text "Rustlers spotted"
The return text was blunt" No one gets away use any means possible
There were 12 of the masked raiders but Calhoun had half that many more and quickly they were surrounded
"Drop your weapons!" Calhoun called out
"Never bitch!" one yelled drawing his weapon
"Fire!" Calhoun ordered shooting the instigator in the head.
Both sides exchanged fire, but one of the rustlers tried to make a break.
"Casey!" She yelled to her foreman" Keep them contained I will go after this one."
Her quarry rode into the winding canyon, an area Calhoun knew like the back of her hand.
After several twists and turns, her quarry rode into a dead end
"Drop it!"
The woman Bonnie now could see, dropped her gun but still had fight in her. Sliding off her horse with her rifle, Bonnie walked over to her.
"Take your mask off."
The raven haired woman instead drew her knife and receive a rifle butt in the stomach for her trouble. Taking some rope Bonnie quickly tied her wrist together and put the other end of the rope around her saddle horn.
'Any trouble Miss Bonny?" Casey the foreman asked.
Looking up, "Not with this, what about the rest?"
Had to kill them Mamm they would not give up."
"Tell the rest good work," she drew a fat roll of money from her breast pocket" Drinks are on me tonight. But everyone better be sober by the drive or I have their hides."
"What about that one?" he gestured to the taller woman who was just waking up
"Take her horse back, but I am going to question her my way."
He tipped his hat" Yes mamm."
"Oh tell Senta to come by the usual time."
Bonnie stored over to her captive and ripped off her mask.