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Uncle killed himself in jail. Anna lost sight & beauty from cellar gunshot wine explosion. Others found guilty. Ryder cleared. Rennie took map Mary provided & found vein of silver & rail route. Mary pregnant, they are setting up ranch near Flagstaff. His money bought land; her money bought livestock & labor.

They arrive for dinner & Uncle points gun at them and herds them to cellar. He puts Anna & Lt in there also, pushing them down the stairs. Ryder convinces Anna to confess details of the plot. Then they started to break wine to cause Uncle to come running to protect his wine. Ryder subdues Uncle just before Jay Mac & family arrive to help.

Anna is lovers with the promoted Lt Rivers. The 5 men that survived the raid were all transferred out of Fort Union. They went to Ryder's uncle for help. He is dismayed and feeling like he has been played by Hamilton. They are plotting for Uncle Wilson to cajole Anna w/ Lt. into a confession in front of hidden witnesses.

After Ryder returned seriously wounded from a fall, he leg was infected and he became feverish. Mary tended his wound, then reopened it to get out the infection. Jarred found them and brought medicines from Maggie that helped Ryder recover. Then they went to the mine to get help from Rennie to go to Washington and follow Anna.

Ryder realizes he left their clothes somewhere along the trail back after the wedding.

Mary & Ryder had a silent symbolic wedding ceremony. She met his family and they feasted & danced, then they returned to the cave. She was not blindfolded. He is allowing her to look at the maps while they talk about the canyon incident.

Ryder is taking Mary out of the cave to marry her. No info about his thought processes. Jay Mac and Moira were captured by Chiricahua when they went out to inspect rail line.

On wagon train, Anna drugs him while caravan attacked & claims he raped her. He is jailed on treason & sentenced to hang. Gets Mary to visit him in her habit and he uses her to escape & forces her to go with him. He holds her captive in a remote cave for 2 weeks. They don't talk about anything meaningful the entire time.