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  1. Public Bookmark 14

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    The wise choice would be to board the trolley back to her hotel and allow reality to catch up with the wave of feelings washing over her; it would be to tell Arthur she would write to him and then let him make the choices she knew he would always fall back on. But Mary Linton had made a life of making wise choices, and it was a life that had worn her resolve thin.

    Arthur and Mary’s day together in Saint Denis extends into the balmy evening as they share a meal, open old wounds, and wrestle with what was, what is, and what might never be.

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    21 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 19

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    Mary Gillis wanted so much more for her life.

    Things were so terrible now that she often swore a tornado could rip through her gaudy little life and she would thank it for the briefest excitement. With her days blurring into an endless cycle of doing exactly as expected of her, her life had become the image of a cage she could no longer escape.

    When a storm did rip through, it came in the form of a man named Arthur Morgan. A man she should have known would steal her heart.

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    17 Nov 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 30

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    Arthur Morgan had been with the Van der Linde gang for just shy of eight years, and his loyalty to those who gave him refuge and purpose was not to be questioned. After sneaking out of Chicago following havoc they may have inadvertently caused, the gang move from bustling Illinois to the prairie fields of northern Kansas and are in need of money. Looking for honest work to keep his hands clean as a newcomer of the state, Arthur gets a job at Old Stone Ranch, owned by one esteemed but covetous and dour entrepreneur and businessman, Henry Gillis. What Arthur soon learns is that the ranch is a family business set to pass down to Gillis’ eldest child, Mary, who Arthur takes a liking to. As the duo from two different worlds get closer and closer, Arthur is forced to reflect on where his loyalties lie: can he fight and change for the woman he loves despite all odds, or continue giving in to the outlaw life he has been moulded to fit into?

    Or: An interpreted story on how Arthur and Mary met, fell in love and ultimately fell apart.

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    02 Sep 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 12

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    Mary meets a young man who can't seem to keep out of trouble.

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    30 Aug 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 34

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    Mary Gillis has been running with the Van der Linde gang since she was seventeen. Picked up by Dutch, she found herself thrust into the life of an outlaw and into the arms of one Arthur Morgan. Now, it's 1899 and the bond she once held with her found family is strained under the weight of her complicated history with Arthur and the actions of her surrogate father.

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    Arthur Morgan is conflicted. Dutch needs him. Mary needs him. Where will his loyalties lie?

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    06 Jun 2024