"I kinda wish you liked me, now I've got you." He shook her arm and laughed when she turned her face away from him, then remounted his horse.

Snake moved reluctantly when Al started on.
Lorraine felt hope slipping from her.

With her hands tied, she could do nothing at all save sit there and ride wherever Al Woodruff chose to lead her horse.

He seemed to be making for the head of Spirit Canyon, on the side toward Bear Top.
As they climbed higher, she could catch glimpses of the road down which her father had driven almost to his death.

She studied Al's back as he rode before her and wondered if he could really be cold-blooded enough to kill without compunction whoever he was told to kill, whether he had any personal quarrel with his victim or not.