Anna is in her cabin waiting out a storm in the Colorado Territory while the town has sent out a posse to hunt down a gang of outlaws. Anna only has her rifle for defense while she lives alone just outside of town. She is a colored widower trying to survive without a husband and in an unforgiving environment. Anna soon discovers that the noise in her barn is not the wind but one of the outlaws the town is looking for. Capturing the wounded outlaw is easy, but feelings for a white outlaw was not what she expected. When the storm passes the outlaw leaves her with money and something to care for in nine months.