Dance at the L.S. Bar

When the music stopped, Red Willow's future changed. Lila Grant knows how frontier towns survive-fast laughter, cheap whiskey, and knowing when to stand your ground. But the night violence walks into the L. S. Bar, even she feels something shift beneath her boots. What begins as a dance cut short becomes the spark for old grudges, quiet deals, and long-buried truths to rise from the dust. A confident threat.
A gun hand hesitating. And a long-legged stranger with a steady eye and a past he's kept moving from. As tensions tighten, Red Willow finds itself balanced between order and bloodshed. Justice isn't clean here. Mercy comes at a price. And every choice leaves a mark that can't be erased. Because in towns like this, it only takes one night-and one decision-for everything to change. And once the music stops, there's no telling who will still be standing when it starts again.