A body over a saddle brings Knoll Mercy back to Delano. He wants a meal, a bath, maybe a night with the woman who still makes him smile. Instead, a stagecoach ambush exposes a setup, a Pinkerton turns traitor, and Knoll hears that the girl he hid years ago is no longer a secret. To save her, he has to outride Diablo’s gang, outthink a corrupt senator, and outlast his own guilt. Gunfire snaps, friendships hold, and the prairie keeps its own counsel.