Sheriff Silverstar presides over a town that is the envy of a great portion of Equestria. Despite being a dusty and rural frontier town it is remarkably cosmopolitan in many ways. Aside from the pony inhabitants the buffalo territory lies not far away and they freely populate the town, and with a very good set of mines Diamond Dogs have begun to ply their trades. The population is happy, but Silverstar is not. He tries to be, but it never lasts.

Silverstar is wed to a mare whose contempt for other species gets no disguise inside the house, and sends him into the kind and tender embrace of buffalo cow Cactus Blossom, the chanteuse at The Salt Block. He has been out with her, and enjoys it. But such happiness cannot last in that form. He must pursue real and lasting peace.

(Yes, you are not mistaken. The story title and the chapter titles are named for the works of Garth Brooks. Mock all you want but I genuinely enjoy his music. Besides, for a western setting like this a Country music reference seems proper.)