The next morning as the sun streamed through the openings in the tent Lily May awoke with her head resting on Kit's chest. Smiling warmly to herself she closed her to enjoy it for one more moment before realizing she had to go if she wanted to avoid the accusatory gazes of the camp. Quietly she sat up and moved for the opening of the tent only to gasp as she was pulled back down, straight into Kit's lap. His lips covered hers once more.

"Where are you goin?"

"It's morning. I've got to go."

He kissed her gently once more.

"Stay."

"People are gonna talk."

"Let 'em."

Noise outside stirred them. And with one more kiss she jumped up and fled the distance to the general's tent. She made it back with few looks or whistles but stopped on the steps where Sam stood shirtless, staring off into the distance.

"Daddy?"

She followed his gaze and spotted Emily riding away on horseback.

"Bitch." She mumbled under her breath. She squeezed Sam's shoulder gently.

"Come on Daddy. We need to get ready to go."

She urged him gently, hoping to offer him a distraction. He nodded, still staring at the spot where Emily had disappointed, before following his daughter inside their tent.

"Where did you get off to last night?"

"Well seeing as the tent was a little crowded. I, uh, shared a tent with Acklin."

She chose her words carefully as she hung up her blanket for cover to change behind.

"Kit Acklin? That tall young ranger with the blonde hair?"

"Yes, sir."

Sam paused, rolling this over in brain for some time.

"I like that Acklin boy. I'd hate to have to shoot him."

"Daddy!" Lily May shrieked, stepping out from behind her shield fully dressed and outraged but not surprised. "We didn't do anything. We just slept."

Sam noticed the blush to his daughter's cheeks and raised an eyebrow.

"Really now?"

"Well. He might have kissed me."

"How does a man might have kissed a woman?"

Lily May smiled sheepishly.

"Well like I said, I like the boy. But I've got no problem shooting him if I have too."

She smiled with a chuckle though she knew her father wasn't exaggerating in the slightest. "Duly noted."

He put on his hat and they walked outside together.

"It's probably a good thing I don't have to shoot Acklin anyway. I'm gonna need him for today."

"What's today?"

"Today Darlin'" he tossed his arm around her shoulders, "is the day I put my plan in place."

Hours later Lily May stood in a four foot hole in the ground with a shovel in her hand yelling up at her daddy.

"This?! This is your plan?!"

"What did I say about faith darlin'? Besides it worked for Washington."

Lily May rolled her eyes, taking Beans hand to help her climb out of the ditch and standing in line with her fellow rangers who had tossed a tarp over the line of empty graves. She quietly listened as her father addressed the gathered soldiers.

"Men! Today we march for Victoria!"

A chorus of cheers rang from the crowd.

"We may move back but we are not retreating. We are pulling Santa Anna into our territory where we will be the ones to decide when we fight."

"This is cowardas!" attention went to Coronol Hockley, "Santa Anna murdered our brothers at the Alamo! We should attack!"

The men cheered wildly in agreement. Sam waited for them to quuet before butting in.

"If we attack, as the Coronol would have us do, we play into Sana Anna's plan. He wants us to attack now where numbers matter and they have the upper hand. We retreat and rally our numbers so that the upper hand becomes ours."

"Well then we choose a general that will take action!" Hockley urges to the loud agreement of his men. "Impeach! Impeach I say!"

Sam didn't flinch when the men began to chant impeach loudly. But the rangers pulled their guns, cocking them loudly admist the noise. Karnes, Flores, and Gator pulled back the tarp, and the men when quiet.

"Gentlemen. I am aware that many of you might, disagree with my plan of action. And it's your God given right not to. But I will remind each and every one of you that President Jackson himself appointed me to lead the Texas army and all it's troops. So if any of you want to question my leadership again I will be glad to introduce you to your God much sooner."

Nothing was said.

"Now that we're clear. We march."

Sam winks at his little girl before she runs off.