A Reunion for the Rancher (Lone Star Cowboy League 1) by Brenda Minton

Author:Brenda Minton [Minton, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Love Inspired
Published: 2015-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

The fence had been cut. Ruby leaned down from her saddle and touched the fence where once upon a time she and Carson had made a hidden gate between their two properties. She’d fixed it a long time ago. But someone had definitely made cuts in the barbed wire. Several strands were hanging loose. Two of the five strands of fence had been reattached, though. As if the thieves almost had gotten caught or maybe had changed their minds.

She swung down off her horse and reached into the saddlebag where she had tools. She’d been working on fences since breakfast, going back to the house for lunch with Iva before heading out to check this last section. She told herself she wasn’t keeping busy to keep her mind off Carson and their run-in the previous day. Not a run-in...a moment?

As she stood there, her gaze drifted across the rolling fields in the direction of the Thorn ranch. She hadn’t crossed that property line in a dozen years. She remembered the last time well. She and Carson had taken a late-evening ride before he left to go back to school. She’d been in her sophomore year. He’d graduated from high school and still had been trying to make a plan for college.

On impulse she used wire cutters and snipped the two strands of barbed wire. They recoiled, snapping back and leaving an opening. Her horse danced a little away from the snaking wire. She led him through the opening and then she pulled wire out of her bag and quickly fixed the fence. It wasn’t perfect, but it would keep their small herd in.

She put her left foot in the stirrup and swung her right leg over the saddle, settling into the seat and heading her horse toward the Thorn home and stables. She didn’t give herself time to reconsider; instead, she kept her horse at a steady lope, eating up the rough terrain.

As she neared the stable she saw someone in the arena. A man on the back of a beautiful chestnut. She slowed her horse to a walk. Even from a distance she knew it was Carson. No one rode the way he did, all strength and confidence. He trained cutting horses and he had several champion show horses.

She watched the man on the back of the golden-red chestnut. His face was shaded by the white cowboy hat, but she saw the firm, determined line of his jaw. She could see his mouth in a straight, unwavering line. He wasn’t ruggedly handsome. He was all straight lines and perfection. The kind of handsome that took a girl’s breath.

He used his knees more than the reins to guide the big animal. The horse was attentive to his gestures and reacted, turning right and then spinning back to the left. Carson looked up, saw her and smiled.

After a few minutes he headed her way. He brought the horse up to the fence and eased him to a stop.

“I didn’t expect you today,” he said.

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