a sneak peek from my outlaw!michael & marshal!alex for @whitneylj01 that will be posted during the @alterarnm event next month!
“You’re the one to bring me home, marshal?”
Alex turns to the cell that’s on the furthest end, where he knows Michael Guerin is spending his night. “Go to sleep, Guerin. You will need all your energy tomorrow.”
“Oh, I have plenty of energy,” Guerin says, and Alex can feel the leer in his voice. “Come closer and I’ll show you.”
Against his best judgement, Alex takes a few tentative steps towards the cell and finds himself standing in front of the bars, peeking inside and watching Guerin looking up at him underneath the brim of his black hat. “Go to sleep, Guerin.”
“Aren’t you even a bit curious?” Guerin fires up, words digging deep in Alex’s soul. He’s never once asked a question about the criminals he brings in; he just follows orders. “About why they’re turning me in?”
“You’re a criminal,” Alex finds himself replying without hesitation. “That’s all I need to know. Get some sleep, Guerin,” he repeats for the third time. “I’ll bring you to Roswell tomorrow, first thing in the morning.”
He turns to leave, managing to make it up a few stairs again when that voice carries through the air, haunting him in ways he wouldn’t have thought possible.
“Just so you know, marshal, Max Evans is my brother.”
