Marshal Dwight Stern and his posse are overseeing the loading of a shipment of gold onto a heavily armored stage coach when they are ambushed in a surprise attack. With Stern’s fiancée held in the grip of one of the attackers and a double-barreled shotgun pointing at her head, there’s no time to play nice. With his hand on his gun and a prayer for the gunman to make a mistake and move the gun from Belinda’s head, all he needs is a split second.