Paladin is hired to protect a stagecoach line owner from an ex-convict who is seeking revenge. The twist is that the stagecoach owner had hired Paladin two years prior to arrest this same man, who was wrongfully convicted at the time. Now released, the ex-con is bent on making reparations, and Paladin finds himself in a morally complex situation, unsure of where his allegiances should lie as he learns more about the conflict.