A/N: You guys don't even realize how many paragraphs I had to cut out of the last chapter to tone down the vulgarity LOL (four to be exact) which was INCREDIBLY hard to do because VULGARITY IS MY LIFE. It could've been a lot worse, but it's not supposed to be a smut fic haha so I toned down the scene quite a bit.

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"So Billy," Katy said, making conversation, "You got any special talents?"

"Well… I make a mean cornbread."

They were riding out of the canyon on their stolen horses. They had gotten to the town down below at the bottom of the cliff and had found a horse ranch off on the outskirts of town, just as they had suspected. It had been called Mr. Squirrels' Horse Ranch, but it looked abandoned to be honest. There was no house nearby the ranch. When they had snuck into the stables to steal the horses, there hadn't been any horse hands tending to them. Just some strange, raggedy man with a full beard and long hair who had stared at them without a word.

Katy had thought he was going to call the sheriff and rat them out, but he'd said nothing, just sitting on his bale of hay and staring at them inquisitively.

So they'd taken two horses and hightailed it out of the town.

Billy wasn't sure what time it was anymore since they'd begun their ride out of the canyon, but dawn had broken and dusk had fallen again so he figured they were going on more than 24 hours without sleep. They could both feel fatigue slowly creeping up on them as night continued, so Katy had thought it would be a good idea to slow their pace a bit and converse to keep their minds occupied and away from the fact that they were seconds from tumbling off their horses with snores.

She smiled at him, "Well sometime in the future, once we get out of this hell, I'd love to try it."

"We'll have to make that happen then." He smiled back. "I also have a way with knives as a talent."

"Knives?"

"Throwing knives. I've got some really valuable ones that my grandfather gave me."

"Can I see them?"

He nodded and guided his horse closer to hers. He pulled the silver knives out of his holster behind his pistol and handed them to Katy. She inspected them carefully, turning them to and fro in intrigue.

"Wow. It must take a lot of skill to throw these. They have no hilt. " She smiled softly, handing them back to him before readjusting the arm in the sling. "They're beautiful, Billy. I don't have any memories to keep of my parents, so it's good that you've kept them in such good condition."

He glanced at her, "Did you lose them at young age?"

"No." Katy smiled wistfully. "They disowned me when I eloped."

"Oh…" he said quietly, feeling awkward about the turn of conversation.

She chuckled softly to herself. "So why knives? Why not guns like the typical rowdy cowboy?"

"Actually, I didn't start out using knives. I used a pistol only." Billy replied honestly, "Lucas used knives. But we ended up switching on some random day."

"What happened?"

"When we were young, we stumbled upon a group of bandits discussing plans for a gold mine heist. Lucas used himself as a distraction when we got caught and helped me escape. Long story short, I went back home and could only find my grandfather's knives. And when Lucas got free, he stole one of the bandit's pistols." Billy chuckled to himself. "It's funny because neither of us were very good with our original choices, but our first time using the other choice, we were remarkably better."

"You sure do talk about this Lucas fellow a lot…" Katy pointed out. "You really care about your brother, don't you?"

"He's been there for me since we found him in a river. And when we lost our grandfather, he was the only one I could turn to."

"In a river?" Katy looked a little surprised. "Oh, so he's like an adoptive brother. When did you two become close?"

"He was cleaning his father's gun one day. So I asked where he got it from. And he told me about his past." Billy's gaze darkened. "He told me about his family, who he really was, and how he wanted revenge. And I decided to support him and do whatever it takes to help him achieve his goals. From that day on we made a pact to stick together no matter what. He's always got my back; I'll always have his."

Katy narrowed her eyes, "Who he really was… Who is Lucas?"

"I don't think it's my place to—"

"You left my daughter in the hands of some revenge craving lunatic." She snapped, piercing him with a dangerous glare, "You better damn well tell me who he is."

Shit. She was scary as hell when she wanted to be.

"Lucas is Jed's nephew."

"What?" Katy's eyes widened in shock and disbelief. "Wait. You mean the son of Jesse Carson?"

Billy nodded.

"I thought he had died? We all thought they had died."

"They did. Or at least his parents did. Jed killed them and then tried to kill Lucas too. But he survived."

Katy was looking like her mind was completely and utterly blown. "So he's trying to kill the mayor. Is that why Jed was on a rampage to find me a few days ago?"

"We had a plan to kill the mayor. We were going to break down his reputation by showing the townsfolk what a monster he really was by taking contracts and land deeds and documents for discrepancies." He prudently left out Maya's part in it. "But things went a little wrong."

"If you and Lucas had that plan, than why am I in danger?" Her eyes narrowed, "You said Maya got caught because of his plan. Did you two use her as bait?"

"Uh... Well, uh… See, umm… Not exactly?" Billy scratched the back of his head, "She was caught… because uh… Jed thinks she and Lucas are together."

Billy knew lying was wrong, but Katy was starting to get that hard look in her eyes once again and if she was going to kill both him and Lucas for endangering Maya, he would have preferred it happened after they got back to town. After revenge on Jed was gotten. Maybe after he finally got married.

She gave him a raised eyebrow, looking absolutely flabbergasted. "What?"

Billy mentally cursed in his mind for the stupid on the spot lie. Damn. Now he knew why Maya was bad at lying on the spot. It was nervewracking!

"Yeah. He targeted Maya because he thought she was Lucas' woman."

She didn't look like she believed him, but she dropped it with a suspicious hum. Billy sighed in relief. He'd really dodged a bullet there.

"Well is she?"

"Probably...?" Billy admitted, "I mean, Lucas did kiss Maya that one time."

Katy's brows furrowed. "He kissed her?"

"Yeah, I was completely shocked." Billy laughed, "I know Lucas has been with other women before, but those were always purely physical. But when he's with Maya or talks about her, he gets this look on his face—it's hard to describe—but his eyes get all soft. And trust me, that does say something because he usually looks like he's about to kill someone."

"…And Maya?" Katy asked quietly, staring at the horizon with a worried look on her face, "How does she react to him?"

"I don't know for sure. It's hard to tell. But I think she's a little attached to Lucas."

"Then that might be a problem…" Katy muttered.

"What might be a problem?"

"Maya told me that she wanted us to start fresh in New York." She frowned. "But if what you're speculating about her attachment turns out to be true, then I don't see how she would be able to leave. Especially if she cares as much about this Lucas fellow as you've told me he cares about her."

"I guess that would be a dilemma…" Billy said, shifting in his saddle so he was more comfortable.

Katy fell silent, looking a little bit conflicted. Billy knew talking about this wasn't going to make conversation any easier. So he changed the subject.

"So when did you learn to ride a horse? You look like you've had a lot of experience."

Katy smiled fondly, "Actually, Abby taught us on our nights off. She would take us to a secluded part of town, using the excuse that we were on break for the night and spent hours making sure we knew how to ride in case we needed to escape quickly for any reason."

"Abby's done a lot for you women."

Katy chuckled, "She truly has. I don't think I could have made it in that life for all those years if it wasn't for her."

Billy recalled the ominous gunshot they had heard as they were escaping Katy's room.

"Do you think she's okay?" he asked after a spell.

"She's always been the only one who knew how to dissuade Jed." Katy said softly, though he could see identical worry etched on her features. "I'm willing to bet she's alright."

Billy sighed, hoping she was right. But he had a bad feeling about it.

"So when did you meet Missy?" Katy asked in interest, a smile on her face. "She would always talk about you a lot, you know."

"We were nine. I was tasked with finding meat for dinner and I found her covered in dust and hiding in a bush with a shotgun." He grinned at the memory of the once rowdy Missy.

"Missy and a shotgun?" Katy exclaimed in surprise, "Wow. She changed."

"When her mother passed away, Missy changed in honour of her. She'd always wanted Missy to be a little lady."

"I see." Katy said, "So what happened after you found her in the bush?"

"She said if we waited, we would find a rabbit. No rabbits ended up coming, but we did end up getting discovered by a coyote. I was terrified. And she scared it off by shooting at it. I fell in love almost immediately."

Katy chuckled in mirth, "That's adorable. But why the fear of coyotes?"

"My father was attacked by some coyotes when I was really little. I was just a stupid kid and did nothing but stand there and watch as he was ripped apart."

Katy glanced at him looking horrified. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to open up an old wound."

"No, it doesn't hurt like that anymore." Billy shook his head. "He survived the attack, but he was in endless pain. He died from the fever he developed later."

"That must have been hard to deal with."

"In a way where a boy misses his father, yeah. But I was way too young to understand it at the time. Ever since my grandfather told me what happened, coyotes have scared the shit out of me."

Hmmm." She nodded in understanding, "You were raised by your grandfather after that?"

"Yeah. And then a few years later, Lucas came into our lives."

Katy nodded, "And what happened with Missy?"

"We played together for a couple years. Lucas would joke around and say we were like a married couple, but we honestly were I guess. But her father found work somewhere else, and she moved to a different town. I didn't see her for about six years." Billy continued, "But about three years ago, I came here looking for a shop to pawn off one of my silver knives. Lucas and I had been wandering around going from town to town, trying to figure out where his old town was so we could find Jed."

"And you found Missy again."

"It's actually kind of a funny story. She was looking for something under the counter as we conversed so she didn't know it was me because she didn't see me. And then when she stood up, we both realized who the other was."

Katy laughed. "That's cute."

"I wanted to marry her and was planning to propose. But then her father ran off after getting into a lot of debt and she was forced into prostitution." Billy's fists clenched as he remembered her last night of freedom and how she couldn't stop crying. How scared she had been, thinking he would desert her for being soiled. He'd done everything he could to make sure she knew he would always want her, but that fear in her eyes had torn him apart. "I swore I wouldn't let her stay there so I investigated. I found out about the mayor from Abby, and what she suspected was happening.

"So I told Lucas, and we moved to the town permanently so I could buy off her debt. I got a job with the blacksmith fashioning horseshoes for the Minkus'. And when we realized the mayor we found was Jed, Lucas got a job at Minkus Horse Ranch, and he's been plotting revenge since then."

"You've been paying off her debt for three years?" Katy frowned. "And her contract still hasn't been paid off yet?"

"I've wondered that myself several times. But there was no other way to keep Missy out of most of the worst work without paying it off, so I did what I had to."

"She's lucky to have someone that devoted to her." Katy said, "I honestly hope things work out for you two."

"Thank you. I hope so too."

Katy looked out into the distance, where the sky was starting to lighten because of the rising sun.

"Well. Now that we've been resting for quite a while, let's continue on and try to get out of this canyon as quickly as possible."

"Lead the way, Katy."

They took off once again, digging their heels into the side of the horse to speed up their pace.