An Outlaw to Protect Her by Harper St. George

Author:Harper St. George [George, Harper St.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-09-01T15:21:03+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The inevitable sadness of leaving her colored Zane’s every thought of Glory. It was like the sweetness of going home to his mother’s people. Seeing their faces brought back so many memories of his childhood that the initial arrival felt good. It made him feel warm and whole for a time, but the feeling didn’t last. Deep down he knew he didn’t belong there and soon those feelings overshadowed the good ones. Then he’d leave.

Looking at Glory and holding her was like that. The initial feeling was amazing, but he knew it’d change eventually. He didn’t belong in her world any more than she belonged in his. His scar tingled with the reminder of what had happened last time he’d forgotten that.

He dropped his hands from her waist and forced himself to step back. She was wearing one of those decorative hats ladies sometimes wore. The kind that was somehow attached to the hair piled high on her head with a little black veil that didn’t even come down enough to cover her forehead. It sat more slanted than usual, so he reached out and pushed it back into place. He recognized it as an excuse to touch her again, but didn’t check the impulse. Life was too short not to do the things that felt good; the trick was to keep his heart out of it. He had a feeling it was going to be damned tough to do with her.

“Oh.” She dipped her head and reached up, pulling at pins and rearranging them to settle her hat. When she walked over to the mirror in the corner, he slipped into the back room to quickly change back into his own clothes.

She was ready to go when he returned to the front of the shop, and she looked as poised and confident as she ever had, with her chin titled the slightest bit upward and a smile on her face as she bid goodbye to the assistant and called out to Sainsbury, who was still hidden in one of the alcoves in back.

“They’ll have your suit altered and sent over by evening. I’d appreciate it if you’d wear it tonight when you join us downstairs.” They stepped out onto the boardwalk and she hailed her carriage, which was tucked inside an alley off the larger street. This part of Helena was just off the main street, Last Chance Gulch. It was more fashionable here and had progressed from the years of mining to a more cosmopolitan atmosphere. She looked like she belonged. Hell, she could walk down the Champs-Elysées in Paris and fit right in.

“What?” She’d caught him staring and looked up at him, a slight smile on her face.

“I’ve never had anyone buy me a suit before.”

She gave a soft laugh. “No? Then maybe you need to find better friends.”

He grinned at her, enjoying the teasing. “Is that what we are? Friends?”

She nodded. “I’d like to think so.”

“Then why don’t you call me Zane and stop it with the formal Mr.

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