massive-walled

Updated: May 23, 2025

Lennon had to crook his right elbow through the rungs to get any use of his injured arm. But the riders racing swiftly across the head of the valley would soon be within short rifle range. Lennon's left hand was only a few rungs below Carmena's boot heels all the way up the ladder. At the top the girl pulled herself in over the worn stone sill of a massive-walled doorway.

Robert Ames Bennet - Bloom of Cactus