Brands, ch. 3
I had to do a whole lot of explaining in this chapter, so bear with! Thanks for following, as always! Loki. Brands Chapter Three Jarrod leaned back, sipping coffee while Heath hunched forward, elbows...
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And so the plot thickens. Grat chapter full of intrigue. And what does Wallent have to do with it all. Know doubt he is at the heart of the matter. I hope he doesn't believe Heath knows more than he...
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Loki, I was just wondering this morning how long we'd have to wait to see another chapter and here it is!!! I promised to be patient because I know you're busy! Great chapter - glad to see Nick is...
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Looks like Nick and Heath have a truce. I like Nick wondering what other jobs Heath had. I wonder, too, if Wallent is getting the hands to help him. Great chapter and
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Wow Loki, this is getting more intriuging by the minute. I'm wondering if that last para is a premonition of things to come. Please hurry back.
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Great chapter. Lots of details but which are important to solving the mystery and which are only window dressing added to confuse the detective? Barrett is probably involved. Can't at the moment see...
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Ah, the scholar's mind joins the artist's here, Loki. Careful research, effortlessly seeded into the dialog, keeps the story moving and the mystery churning. I love the details about branding. Some of...
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Wow! I did not know anything about the branding! So, Nick is ready to listen to Heath's ideas and there seems to be a truce (sort of) between the two. I have a feeling the rustlers won't be so "nice"...
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SOOOO!!!! Looks like Nick is rather impressed with his new brother - and a little frustrated???? Great job at describing Heath's reaction to the "job interrogation" from Nick. "Well, let's see... I...
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Oooh, Doggie! Think I'm gonna be able to be a ranch hand with all the branding info I now have stashed up in my brain. Who knew how complex it could be? And what a plot for a mystery... the ol'...
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Heath went to answer, then looked at Wallant, seated at Nick's side and intently absorbing all of it. He shrugged instead, went to toying with his glass, gaze never leaving Wallant. Jarrod seemed to...
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"Yeah," Nick muttered. "But they didn't go out of their way to be nice and gentle with you either." He and Heath met gazes and Heath twisted his mouth and rubbed the back of his head where it still,...
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Nick and Heath are still dancing around each other like a couple of nervous teenagers at their first dance, but I can see progress being made, one slow step at a time. The respect for Heath is...
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Oooohhhhh, the foreshadowing is ominious...... The cigar tasted fine... but none of them could quite believe the positive words lingering in the air like tendrils of sweet smoke. Indeed, each of them...
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Wonderfully done, with each brother mulling over the mystery in their own unique ways....Heath's quiet contemplation then providing the information in a systematic manner, Jarrod's more methodical...
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You've set the stage for more mysterious circumstances and potential danger with this one paragraph: The cigar tasted fine... but none of them could quite believe the positive words lingering in the...
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Loki, I think you've stumbled onto a franchise here. The Barkley Boys Mysterys, kinda like Nancy Drew but with spurs and horses (and chaps, but I digress......). Between the mystery that you're...
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Heath has taken the measure of Wallant. I love the way he is "handling" him. I'm also enjoying the way the three brothers are coming together, even in their separate ways. They stood for a time then,...
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Best damn fan fic ever, yada yada, but what I want to talk about this time are some of the little moments. Heath in bare feet, hunched over eating sandwiches and drinking MILK. sigh, the little boy in...
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Boy Howdy I think Heath needs to be President to fix our issue here also.
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Loki, as always lots to digest here. The tentative peace between Nick and Heath will last how long, and just what part Barrett and Wallant will play in disrupting it remains to be seen. But boy howdy,...
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