Catch a Shooting Star jd edit 03 12 2012 html by Brianna Lee McKenzie

Author:Brianna Lee McKenzie
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Fantasy Island Book Publishing
Published: 2012-03-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The amber dawn stretched a lazy hand to wipe the tears of the morning dew from the awakening desert. The reluctant sun winked through clusters of purple and black clouds, which gathered on the distant horizon, bestowing upon them a pink hue that painted the russet desert with a stunning golden-bronze tint. A silent call from within the earth told the creatures that had slept so peacefully to shake the weariness from their rested bodies and begin a new day.

Savannah turned over inside her blanket and looked through the thickness of her lashes at the merrily dancing flames of the campfire. She moved her eyes slightly and saw Travis perched beside the fire, stirring a pan that bubbled over into the flames.

Without looking in her direction, Travis said calmly, “I’d rather you didn’t wear that nightgown out here.”

She picked up the blanket that covered her entire body and peered inside at the white cotton gown that she had squirmed inside the blanket last night to change into and she scowled at him for somehow knowing that she wore nothing but that nightgown. Her voice was accusing as she asked, “What?”

His voice still calm, Travis told her, “You never know when a stranger might come up on us while we are sleeping, hold us up, ambush us, you name it. Or what if we have to leave in a hurry? You’d take too much time getting back into your clothes. When your life depends on it, you do what you have to do to make time on your side.”

Realizing that what he said had made sense, she no longer felt anger at him, but appreciation for his concern for her wellbeing and she said quietly, “I understand.”

She wrestled with the blanket as she tried to keep it around her in order to shield her half-naked body from him while she struggled to get dressed. But, then realizing that he had kept his back to her so that she could get her clothes on without being seen by him, she threw the blanket aside and quickly pulled off the nightgown and reached for her blouse. She shrugged into it and then stood up to step into her skirt. Next, she pulled her stockings on followed by her boots. Then, she crawled to her saddlebag that rested on the end of her pallet. She opened the flap and pulled out a brush and mirror and began to smooth away the tangles of last night’s sleep. With that done, she began to braid her hair into a long black shining rope which she slung over her shoulder to hang halfway down her back.

She got to her feet and groaned with the soreness that shot through her body. Taking a deep breath, she stepped to the campfire and sat on a log that he had pulled close to the fire. In no way did she want to let Travis know that every inch of her body ached. She would get back on that horse

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