Chapter 15
“Yes, resting helped.” He rubbed at his face, scrubbing away the last vestiges of sleep. The dangling chain bumped against his chin, eliciting a scowl. “It’ll be good to get home and get these off. I have tools that will help me with the locks.”
“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for those.” Especially since he couldn’t use the lack as an excuse to keep Ben there for just a little bit longer. They were safe in the old presidio. Alonzo could pretend that Cullen and his band of misfits and thieves didn’t even exist. “When do you plan to return home?”
Ben weighed his response. “I’d like to go tomorrow night. If Cullen has men waiting for me, it will be safer to return by dark. Nobody knows my land like I do.”
“What will you do if there are men waiting?”
“Do you really wish to know?”
“Do you wish not to tell me?”