Caroline Lee's Christmas Collection: Six sweet historical western romances by Caroline Lee

Author:Caroline Lee [Lee, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-26T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Three days. Three days since he’d last seen her. Oh, there was food left for him in the mornings, meaning she’d snuck in when he was asleep—and how embarrassing was that, to know that he never even heard her? But three days since she’d last been here, last sat beside him, last checked on him. Last touched him. Of course, he didn’t think he’d ever forget the feel of her little hand trapped between his and the bare skin of his thigh…not that he’d ever want to.

But in three days, plenty had changed. He was able to stand upright for much longer, and even hop around a bit, using the pig sty’s railing for support. He explored the barn—slowly—and had found a nice reading nook in the corner with some natural light. Once, he’d even ventured to open the door and stare out at the white expanse, but the temperature quickly reminded him that he wasn’t wearing pants, and his long johns had been torn up his right leg.

Yeah, he was getting stronger alright. But he wasn’t ready to leave yet. For one thing, he needed his horse and his guns back. For another thing, he didn’t know where he was—opening the barn door had revealed only a pretty little snow-covered cottage—or how to get to the nearest town. He figured he needed Rose for that, and she hadn’t been back to see him since he’d scared her off, dangit.

At least he had the new book. Sheriff Caraway’s adventures made for fun reading, and Bear found himself taking his time, savoring the words. He forced himself to put down the book every ten pages and get up to exercise. Because of that, he was stronger than he’d be if he’d sat on his butt all day, and the book had taken the full three days to read. He’d found himself smiling as he read the words, recognizing the phrases and the tone. Miss Molly sounded downright familiar.

It was just too bad that the volume ended right as the story was getting good. Mid-sentence, in fact. It obviously wasn’t a published book—the handwriting proved that—but where in the heck was the rest of the story? How would he find out if Murderous Mitch got away with his bank-robbing scheme?

One part of the book kept coming back to him; Sheriff Caraway teamed up with a circuit judge to bring one of Mitch’s other brothers to justice. Bear had done the same many times, and even counted a few of the more scrupulous judges as his friend. But reading about Judge Banner had gotten him thinking about what Bear might do if his leg was too busted to walk properly again. The life of a circuit judge wasn’t exactly quiet, but it wasn’t as hard as a US Marshall. And he’d always enjoyed reading about the law… Maybe he could get appointed somewhere nearby. So that when all this was over, when Quigg was behind bars and he could tell Rose who he really was, maybe he could see her again.

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