The conversation was threatening to undo the result of the dangerous and deadly fight she had put up this past hour to escape him.
Meanwhile, a more deadly fight broke out at the nearby Gem mine.
What was being called the Lincoln County War was now shaping up to be a deadly fight, if things continued the way they were.
So things settled down some, both gangs staying around, pulling raids on each other and deadly little fights when scouts or work parties met.
Both injuries, the Indian knew, were the result of a deadly fight between Ryan and an older brother.
In addition, there are deadly fights for scarce resources such as food and water.
He winced and probed at his ribs as if they had been sorely bruised in the deadly fight.
To her that would be attack calling for immediate and honorable challenge, an excellent reason for starting another, more deadly fight.
That short, deadly fight had made no more noise than the silent knifing of a sleeping man might have made.
But his departure sparks a deadly fight between the workers and the foreman.