A Desperado's Bride (Book Fourteen of the Brides of the West) by Rita Hestand

Author:Rita Hestand
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, historical, western, rita hestand, brides of the west, a desperados bride
Publisher: Rita Hestand

Chapter Thirteen

The next day Noah worked with the white stallion until he had him moving exactly as he wanted.

The tension was running high between the three of them but no one said anything.

After lunch Noah told Jace to take the Stallion back.

Jace nodded. "All right."

Jen shot Noah a glance but walked off.

He saw the way Noah looked at Jen and it made him fret about what he was doing. He didn't like what he was doing nor the way he had to do it, but the sooner he put Mrs. William where she belonged, the better.

But when he took the Stallion back, Mrs. Williams wasn't around. However, after he put the Stallion in the corral some of her men cornered him. Doug was front and center nursing a frown that wouldn't quit.

"I put the stallion back, I'll be going now." He told them noting the way they were all standing around in a semi-circle, their feet wide apart, their hands itching.

"We don't think so."

"What do you mean?" Jace didn't have to ask, their doubled fists and big frowns told him he was in for a licking.

"We think we need to learn you some manners." Doug said.

Slim was with them and he was frowning too. There were five of them and he knew he couldn't take them all on. "You think we are going to let you romance her out from under the place and take what you want mister? Others have tried the same thing. A lot of others."

"Now look boys."

"We'll just have to learn him boys. He ain't got no better sense than to mess with married woman." Doug sneered.

"She's not very married to me!" Jace chuckled.

But he didn't get another word in edgewise.

Doug clipped him in the stomach hard, then another commenced to hitting him on the chin. The pounding and hitting he took went on for what felt like hours. Strangely it made him feel better to get whipped. They were so right; he had been pretty evil about this. He'd gotten in a few blows himself, but there were too many and they knocked him totally out.

He lay there in the hay for what seemed like an hour and then Kate ran up to him long after the men left.

"Darling, what have they done to you!" She took him in her arms and cradled him. She kissed his forehead and held him against her, kissing his brow.

"Your men got a hold of me." He finally managed, his lip bleeding all over her dress. "You better go get that dress soaked, I got to get back home."

"I will not leave you like this! Who did it?"

"It doesn't matter…"

"Yes, tell me, I'll fire them…"

"You'd fire your own brother?" He asked looking up at her.

"She would if I would let her" Her husband wheeled his wheel chair about so he could see them both. "Who is this man?"

"He works for Noah." She gritted her teeth to answer.

"Fine, he'll be all right. You go on up to the house, Kate. We'll talk about this later.

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