"So, the rancher has taken a bride. This may complicate things," Espada drawled, more excited about the prospect of a bloody confrontation than he let on.

"This is bad news, mi hermano," he continued. "We should have made more progress. We should own every piece of land along that creek by now."

And he would, once he rid himself of the rancher and his men.

A knock on the door interrupted his train of thought. He called out and one of the ...