Apache-Colton Series by Janis Reams Hudson

Author:Janis Reams Hudson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-62681-515-5
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2014-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

Captain Blake Renard cursed as he tried to dodge the flailing arms and lethal shoes. Damn, who would have thought the prim little thing could kick like a mule?

Jesus God Almighty. What was the world coming to when a pretty little sweetheart who looked like a china doll and smelled like heaven would make such a public spectacle of herself over a goddamn half-breed? The very thought made him sick.

As ordered, he held on to her—barely—until the train pulled away from the station. Then, with another curse for the way she clawed at the backs of his hands, he tightened his hold. The little shrew had as many moves as a bag full of cats.

“You can turn her loose,” General Miles said as he approached. “It’s safe enough now that the train’s gone.”

Blake had his doubts about how safe he’d be once he let her go, but he set her down on her feet and loosened his hold. She was out of his arms in a flash, whirling on him and Miles.

As if he were standing next to the punch bowl at a cotillion, Miles introduced them. “I don’t believe the two of you have met. Miss Jessica Colton, Captain Blake Renard.”

She cast Blake a harsh glance, then sneered. “The pleasure is all his, I’m certain.”

Blake’s mouth twisted. “I doubt it.”

“You’ll pay for this,” she said coldly to Miles.

Miles smirked. “Now that I’ve gotten rid of Geronimo, I can get out of this hellish territory. I doubt our paths will ever cross again.”

“Oh, but you’re mistaken, General.” Her smooth cultured voice slid down Blake’s spine with surprising ease. “Our paths will most definitely cross again,” she told Miles. “And when they do, you will rue the day you ever crossed a Colton. And you will pay, dearly, for what you’ve done today. That, I promise you.”

As she flounced away, Blake frowned at the way Miles laughed a little too loud, as though trying to convince himself the girl was harmless. Interesting, Blake thought. Doubly interesting that Miles sent a man to follow her.

But then Miles was an interesting man. Blake had never met an officer who so blithely ignored orders from Washington the way Miles seemed to. Not more than an hour ago a telegram had come from the president himself. Miles had known it was coming. He’d known Cleveland wanted Geronimo and the other renegades turned over to civil authorities to stand trial. To hang.

But he was clever, the general was. The minute he had arrived in Bowie that morning with his prisoners, Miles had given orders that he wasn’t to be disturbed. He’d ordered Captain Thompson to “handle things,” stating he wanted no interruptions of any kind until the train left with the prisoners.

The telegram from President Cleveland had arrived just after Blake had ridden in. Under Miles’s orders, Thompson had pocketed it. He would probably keep it for another hour or so for good measure, then “remember” to give it to Miles.

Of course, Blake couldn’t prove any of it, and wouldn’t bother trying.

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