A SEAL's Pledge (SEALs of Chance Creek Book 3) by Cora Seton

Author:Cora Seton [Seton, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: One Acre Press
Published: 2016-10-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

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Roy Egan was hard at work when Harris and Sam—and a camera crew—arrived at his property later that afternoon, but he set down his hammer, wiped his hands on his apron and came to greet them.

“Welcome. Glad you could come.” He immediately began to give them a tour of the forge, pointing out tools and half-finished projects. The entire space was neat and tidy, every tool clean and in its place, and Harris recognized the trappings of a real expert. It had been a little awkward when he and Sam had met up again at lunch and she’d reiterated her desire to meet Egan and see his forge. Harris had thought she might have changed her mind after how surly he’d been this morning. He’d hated himself the whole time for acting that way, but didn’t know what else to do. Should he have kept calling her back to help him? Should he have flattened Curtis with his fists?

Something told him he needed to give Sam time—but he also knew he had to pull it together and show her who he really was.

Maybe this was his chance.

Egan worked on everything from horseshoes to latches and hinges to fancy metalwork gates. “Pretty much, if you can draw me a picture of what you want, I can make it,” he said at one point.

Harris’s fingers itched to pick up the tools and get to work. He’d had a metalwork class or two back in high school, and had always excelled at it. While the other kids had created clumsy ashtrays and candlesticks, he had made each of his sisters an intricate metal bracelet. His teacher had insisted that the bracelets be displayed in the yearly art show, much to his embarrassment.

Egan must’ve seen his interest, because he took up a horseshoe-shaped piece of metal and a pair of tongs, held it over his forge to heat, put it on the anvil and gave a whack or two with his hammer, before turning to Harris and saying, “Now it’s your turn to give it a go. You can’t hurt this horseshoe, and it’ll give you a feel for the work.”

Harris donned the protective gear Egan gave him, took the hammer and tongs, heated the metal again and gave it a try. He ignored the cameramen zooming in on his hands. He was confident he could learn the trade, and if he didn’t do it right from the first, that was okay.

The movement was as reflexive as if he was coming home to a job he’d always done, and Harris knew he’d found something he hadn’t even known he was looking for. He worked at the horseshoe, shaping it until he instinctively knew it was ready for use. When he looked up, Egan was nodding. “You’ve got the feel for it,” he said. “I had a hunch you would.”

“I’d like to watch you work for a bit,” Harris told him. “I’d like to see how you do that fancy work.”

Egan took over again without comment, set the horseshoe aside and picked up a long piece of metal.

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