“I would like it more if I didn’t have to stay here. If Cullen is…weakened…then I can return to San Elizario.”
“It would be even better if Cullen is gone.”
“Yes.” Alonzo smiled. “But I can’t condone that.”
Ben matched his grin. “But could you close your eyes?”
“I shouldn’t. But sometimes…most times…I think I could in Cullen’s case.”
Ben ate his breakfast, weighing the import of Alonzo’s mission. He had never seriously considered the notion of killing Sheriff Cullen before his latest attempt to take over Ben’s land. After all, he was the law, corrupt as he might be. And there were repercussions. Not to mention, deep down, Ben didn’t care for the violence that was often necessary for choosing to live so far from what his father had called civilization.
But evil had a way of begetting e
