Carol Finch by Lady Renegade

Author:Lady Renegade [Renegade, Lady]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Lori monitored the storm, speculating that it had stalled somewhere near Russell Trading Post. It seemed to build on itself, gathering more strength.

That wasn’t a good sign. Once the storm began to move again it would cause downpours and fierce winds.

She stared eagerly at the meat roasting over the fire. She had cut it into six portions, hoping it would cook faster on the makeshift skewers. With luck—and hers had been nothing to boast about lately, so she didn’t hold much hope—the food would be ready when Gideon returned from bathing.

She rose from a crouch to check on him. She gasped in shock when she saw him wade ashore, naked as the day he was born. He was facing the opposite direction but she still saw more of him than she needed to see. Her face blossomed with color but she couldn’t make herself look away from his sleek, bronzed, muscular body. She was fairly certain the image had burned into her eyeballs. Sweet mercy! What would it be like to see him walking naked toward her?

Flustered by the tempting thought, she focused her attention on the roasting meat. “No more speculations for you,” she scolded herself. “You’ve seen too much already.”

When she glanced southwest again, she noticed a curtain of rain sweeping across the rolling hills. Damnation, they were running out of time.

“Hurry up, Gideon!” she called loudly. “I’m starving and the storm is rapidly approaching.”

He reappeared from the shelter of the trees to gather her scattered garments then jogged toward her. She was sitting cross-legged in her baggy clothes when he reached camp. She glanced up at him, but she kept visualizing him naked, walking away from the water. She squeezed her eyes shut, hoping to douse the inflammatory image that had a profound effect on her body.

It didn’t help.

“Are you all right?” he asked, staring at her intently.

“Sure. I’m fine. Couldn’t be better,” she said with false enthusiasm. “Let’s eat, Marshal. We’re running short of time.”

He sat down across from her to remove the meat from the fire. They ate their meal, serenaded by grumbling thunder and the breeze that rustled through the surrounding trees.

“Have you decided where we will hole up during the storm?” she asked.

“No. I’m not as familiar with this section of the reservation. My people are from the Heart-Stays Clan. Not the Big Hills People who populate this area.”

Lori munched her food, swallowed then gestured uphill. “There is a cave on the ridge above us, but that doesn’t mean it’s unoccupied. We can fight whatever claims ownership, if the weather turns nasty.”

“It will,” he prophesied. “I can feel it in the muggy air.”

She nodded in agreement, realizing it was the first time they’d agreed on anything. “I can feel it, too.”

Lightning blazed across the sky and lit up the gathering darkness like the Fourth of July. The wind picked up and thunder rumbled overhead. Gideon bounded up to kick dirt on the fire and Lori lent assistance. While he dashed off to retrieve the grazing horses, Lori crammed her dry clothing in the knapsack Sarah and Glenn had provided.

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