Brogan: Cowboy Pride: The Kavanagh Brothers Book Three by Ball Kathleen

Author:Ball, Kathleen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-12T16:00:00+00:00

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“You ain’t gonna shoot me,” Elmer sneered. “I bet you don’t even know how to shoot that thing. Two girls traveling on their own, you were asking for trouble. Any man of worth would’ve refused to let you go. If I were you, I wouldn’t go back with that guy. Seems to me he let you go once, so who knows what he’d do next time?”

Orla hit him on the shoulder. “I’m going to tie the handkerchief so it stays in your mouth.”

Ciara thought it was just a threat until Orla pushed the cloth back into Elmer’s mouth and then used a length of rope and tied it around his head. Ciara couldn’t help it; she started to laugh.

“You’re not laughing at me are you, Ciara?”

“No, of course not. Well maybe just a little. I love that you seem to know how to deal with this awful man, and you tying the rope between his teeth and around his head seems funny.”

Orla smiled a proud smile. She stood up, gave Elmer a nasty look, and hurried over to where Ciara was sitting. “I could practice my shooting now, don’t you think? Elmer could be the target.” Both women burst out laughing when Elmer’s eyes grew wide in fright.

When the laughter stopped Ciara took both of Orla hands into hers. “He didn’t touch you did he? Did he try to…”

“Of course not, but if you hadn’t come, he would’ve done what he wanted to. Oh Ciara, I was so scared. He had a horse waiting when we left from our camp, and he threw me up in the saddle so I was laying over facedown. The whole time I was trying not to be sick. It didn’t seem to me we went very far before he stopped here. He mentioned something about having me tonight and you tomorrow… so long as wolves didn’t eat you. I kept trying to think of ways to get away from him, but there was never an opportunity. Ciara, I just want to go home.”

Ciara glanced up and met Brogan’s concerned gaze. She watched him put the coffee on to boil before she answered Orla. “I’m not sure where home is but we will make one as soon as we can. I believe Gemma will be happy to have us stay with her for a while. We can help Dolly. And as soon as the nights aren’t as cold, we can make a plan where we want to settle. I promise you by this time next year we will have a home.”

Orla hugged her and held onto her tight. “I like your plan. I enjoy sleeping in a house because I like to be warm.”

“Well, I think we have one more night to get through, and tomorrow, if we push it, we just might make it to the Kavanagh ranch before dusk. So why don’t we gather the blankets and make the beds so we can get some shut eye?”

Brogan’s gaze turned troubled, and she wondered what was on his mind.

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