Pea Eye dug a shallow grave with a little shovel they had brought. At the shot the whole tribe looked up, stunned. Two days later Luke showed up, acting as if he'd never been away. Two hours passed with no sound but Wilbarger's faint breathing.
His prowess was not lost on Lorena, either. Jake would kill you, she said. The country near the Canadian was rough and broken, and he dropped south to where the plains flattened out. Listening to men talk usually made him feel more alone than if he were a mile away by himself under a tree.