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“I will not,” Ellie retorted.

He pulled his gun out of its holster and cocked the hammer. “You’re not leaving this room until I get back what you stole. Now, do it.”

Something shifted in her eyes. Something catlike and unsettling. “All right,” she agreed, unbuttoning her denim britches. “But first you have to tell me one thing. Where exactly are we and how do I get back to Deadwood?”

“That’s two things.”

She smiled slowly. “Fine. One piece of clothing for each answer, then.”

“We’re on the Natchez, a steamer, heading for St. Louis.”

She slid her pants down and kicked them out of the way. “That’s one.”

Jake didn’t react. He couldn’t. He was too busy staring at what she was—or rather wasn’t—wearing.

“What?” She shifted to give him a better view. “You’ve never seen a thong before?”