Brad's Rock [Rescue for Hire 7] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic ManLove) by Bellann Summer

Author:Bellann Summer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Siren-BookStrand, Inc.
Published: 2015-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

Out of the corner of his eye, Rock watched Brad stiffly climb out of bed. It didn’t take a genius to deduct the man was panicking. How could it be any different after what he had been through? Guilt was an emotion that loved to take over a person’s psyche, even if it wasn’t warranted.

“There’s a basin with some warm water in it over here,” Rock said, pointing with his spatula.

Without a word the gorgeous man walked over to the basin Rock had indicated and gave him a great side view when he dropped his underwear and started cleaning up. In the bright light, Rock saw scars, some of them looking as though they were from burns, covered Brad’s legs. His wide chest and flat stomach were also covered with small cut-like scars.

Rock had seen these grisly types of marks before on victims of car accidents. Broken glass and fire could muck up a body good and leave long-lasting damage.

Seeing prominent hipbones and ribs under the scars had Rock adding another egg to the frying pan. After Brad finished washing, he ended the pleasant show of nakedness by quickly putting on jeans and a T-shirt then topping it off with a long-sleeved flannel shirt.

After dividing the food up onto two plates, Rock carried them over the small table. “Can you bring the coffee?” he asked.

Once they were settled across from each other and eating, Brad looked at Rock. “Do your parents live around here?”

Rock loved that Brad was curious enough to ask a private question. “No, my parents live over eight hundred miles north of here, deep in the wilderness.”

“Really? How do they survive?”

“I was raised in the subsistence lifestyle. My parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles have houses near each other on a couple thousand acres,” Rock explained.

“I’ve seen shows on television with people living that kind of life.” Brad’s handsome face had become animated during the conversation, and Rock could almost see his mind painting a distorted picture of his upbringing, yet a hint of sadness still lurked in his light blue eyes.

Rock couldn’t stop the snort that erupted out of his nose. “Honey, those shows romanticized the reality of living here. Look how wild it is around this cabin, and we’re only ten miles outside of Anchorage.” Rock took a sip of his steaming mug of coffee and sat back in his chair. “Try to imagine a place where roads go nowhere but to another cabin. Heck, a pilot’s license is much more valuable than a driver’s license.”

“If living in Alaska isn’t like what we see on television, what’s it like?” Brad asked.

“A lot of nonstop work every day. If you don’t have time to collect the honey, you go without the taste of something sweet. If you don’t take advantage of every second of the growing season, you run the risk of scurvy. It was, and is, for my family a nonstop grinding of hard work,” Rock said.

“But it has to be exciting, too,” Brad pointed out.

Rock

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