Chapter 946 In The Shadow Of The Noose:>Ep11

• He'd come by at sundown intent on taking his pleasure from me whether I agreed or not. I tried to be nice about it. Then I'd begged him. He hadn't listened and I couldn't fight him off. Even drunk he was too powerful for me to resist.
• I hadn't intended to kill him and that first sight of blood had horrified me.
• The court case had been a sham. The Sheriff had been little better than his brother. A cruel man with no care for truth or justice. He just wanted me to hang for what I'd done. The jury had been rounded up from people he could rely on. I was certain money had changed hands, perhaps a few threats to be sure.