From Chapter 1
Their light-hearted conversation came to a halt when Cardell saw the look on Sawyer's face. "What are you looking at, Levi?" Cardell asked.
Sawyer walked over to the buckskin and took the note from the saddle. Opening it, he suddenly looked at Cardell. "ELIZABETH! Where is she, Tom? Where did you leave her?
"In front of the hardware store on Main Street. What's going on? What's that note say, Levi?
Sawyer suddenly dropped the note and rushed passed Thomas.
As Levi Sawyer disappeared into the crowd, Thomas Cardell picked up the note and began to read....
"For a while I thought it was all over, because as hard as I looked, I couldn't find hide nor hair of you. I can't tell you how disappointing it was, after what you did to me. Killing my best friend and all.
"Then one day I ran into Robert Brandon, after he escaped from Tiger Canyon. He told me about your horse and the distinguishing mark left by a bullet.
"About a week later, good fortune came my way again, when I happened to run into a young lady on the streets of Waitsburg, by the name of Elizabeth Marley.
"You shouldn't have told James Danley that you worked for the Marley Ranch.
"Don't worry, Levi, I'm not going to kill you yet. I'm just going to take the life of someone you care about, and when you get really mad, you and I will dance in the streets of hell.