A/N: I was going to make her Jesse's daughter, but in everything I read, it said that he didn't have any children, so I had to change it. So she's the daughter of a 'mystery' brother of Jesse's. Maybe I'll give this 'mystery' brother a name in a later chapter. Please read and review, like always!

A/N 2: Ok, here's the next chapter. I actually finished it on the road during my vacation. I figured why not write a bit, besides, it isn't like I had too much else to do.

In the morning, the girls were fixing breakfast for the three men of the house. Bo and Luke were out doing early morning chores, and Jesse was setting the table and making coffee.

Uncle Jesse had a smile on his face, as did the girls, because Bo and Luke were going to be told the secret of 'Lizbeth' today.

Once breakfast was finished and everyone was washed up and at the table, Jesse led the prayer and they all started eating. Jess was at the head of the table with Luke and Bo to his left and Daisy and Liz to his right.

Everyone was eating quietly until Liz broke the silence, "Thanks again for lettin' me stay here, but I'm afraid I have somethin' ta tell ya'll."

"Oh?" Bo asked, surprised and curious at the same time.

"Yeah," she sighed, twirling her fork in her eggs, "I'm not really Lizbeth, I'm actually Elizabeth Ann Duke…"

Luke's eyes lit up, "Annie? Little Annie?"

Elizabeth nodded, looking at the confused expression on Bo's face, "…which means that I'm ya'll's cousin. I was born in Tennessee, but then came to live with Uncle Jesse after loosin' my parents. I stayed with ya'll when we was younger, and I went by Annie 'cuz I never did like my name. Then I moved back to Tennessee when I was a teenager."

Bo still seemed confused, "So…you're our cousin? An' I…?"

"…you was hittin' on me", Liz finished for him, smiling.

She's a Duke? Does that mean she's kin?

Meanwhile, Ol' Billy 'n his gang were up to no good, of course. What else would they be doing?

"I gots me 'n ol' score that needs a settlin' with a Duke from up north. You boys go on with the original plan, I'm a gonna pay her a visit", Black Hat 'Billy' was telling his too hoods.

Gunman sighed, "But Billy is she really worth the trouble?"

"She's my business, so stay out of it!" Billy yelled, heading out the door after putting his big black hat back on his head.

For a fella that doesn't know where he's goin', he's got good aim. That road leads directly to the Duke farm.

After breakfast was cleaned up, Daisy and Liz went outside with some laundry that needed hanging on the lines. Bo and Luke headed back out to the barn, probably fixing that tractor…again. Uncle Jesse stayed inside the house, going about some of his chores.

Before long, Black Hat had pulled up in the navy four-door, looking for trouble. With a steely glare, he aimed the car at Daisy and Liz, and put the petal to the metal.

The girls managed to throw themselves to the ground and get out of his way, but he was soon out of his car, coming at Liz with the same mean glare in his eye.

She tried to crawl backwards, "Git outta here, Billy! I ain't yer girl no more!"

Daisy was already up, and Bo and Luke had come a runnin' because their cousins were in trouble. Daisy tried to jump on the tall dark man, but to no avail.

He grabbed Liz by the wrists and pulled her over to his car, grinning. He had a plan. It was never good when guys like Billy had a bright idea, much less a plan.

However, the boys had a plan of their own that they were willing to execute on this intruder that was bothering their newly discovered cousin. Bo walked up to him directly, asking him to let her go while Luke jumped on his back, wrapping his arms around the man's neck threateningly.

Billy threw Liz to the ground and turned his attention now to Luke. Grabbing the arm that was around his neck, Billy managed to flip the Duke off his back and onto the ground next to Elizabeth.

Now the other problem was Bo, who had already gotten his bow and arrow and had them trained on Billy, "I wouldn't, if I was you."

Black Hat threw his hands into the air, defeated for now. Bo shooed him over to the man's car, making him get into the passenger side of the vehicle. Bo slid into the driver side, to drive him into the sheriff, but Billy was a little quicker than the blonde cousin had expected.

Grabbing Bo's shirt while he tried to start the car, Billy threw his head into the steering wheel and kicked him out of the car, quickly sliding into the driver side and speeding away.

Dang, that fella seems like he has it out of any Dukes.