Courting the Cowboy by Liz Isaacson

Author:Liz Isaacson [Isaacson, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AEJ Creative Works
Published: 2018-04-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Kurt reached Dylan first, and got, “Tiger’s out,” in a puff of breath before they both ran through the horse barn toward the bullpens on the other side. Sure enough, that stubborn black-and-white bull was out of his pen. Again.

He had a real knack for it, and Kurt wondered if the bull was more trouble than he was worth.

Dwayne and Shane arrived, and the boss said, “Let’s get our horses,” like this was an exciting adventure he couldn’t wait to conquer. But Kurt wanted to talk to May, and slip that ring on May’s finger, and find out what she needed to tell him about.

Felicity arrived, out of breath, a groan leaking from her mouth. “Not that bull again. We’ve got to get rid of him.”

“I like him.” Dwayne grinned at his wife, and Kurt cocked his head as he heard something that didn’t belong on the ranch.

“Listen,” he said, holding up his hand for quiet. For stillness. The moan sounded again, and he scanned the area to find the source of it. Left. Right. Left. Right. “Do you hear that?”

Suddenly, as if God Himself had put a magnifying glass to Kurt’s eye, he saw the body on the ground. Tiger was standing over it almost protectively, and Kurt pointed. “Lord Almighty,” he whispered, pure terror flowing through him. “There’s someone on the ground out there.”

Dylan and Shane rushed forward, but Dwayne followed and pulled them back. “Whoa, boys.”

“That could be Austin.” Dylan struggled against Dwayne’s hold on his shirtsleeve, his panic palpable. “I left him out here when I ran to get you guys. He was supposed to saddle up for us.”

“Could be anyone,” Dwayne said. “And running out there and gettin’ Tiger all riled up isn’t going to help.”

Dylan stopped struggling, and Dwayne released him and Shane. But everyone just stood there.

“All right,” Kurt said in an authoritative voice. “Felicity, call 911. Tell them we have an injured cowboy, but we don’t know how bad it is. Dwayne, put out the emergency text. We need all the boys here. Shane and Dylan, let’s get our ropes.”

“Should we saddle up?” Shane asked, turning away from the still figure on the ground. Kurt couldn’t hear any more moaning, and he wasn’t sure if that was a good sign or not.

“No,” Kurt said. “Let’s get Tiger away from whoever that is so we can help them. Slow movements, boys. Calm your feelings. We can do this.”

They moved back into the barn with sure strides. Kurt handed out ropes, listened while Felicity spoke to the emergency operator, and got word from Dwayne that the other cowboys were on their way over.

“Great. Give them ropes, have them fan out and approach Tiger from all sides,” he said. “I’ll go with Dylan and Shane right now.”

“Kurt, be careful.”

Kurt acknowledged Dwayne, and he and the other men moved out. “I’ll go around to the west,” he said. “Dylan, you come at him from the front. Shane, the east. Dwayne’s sending the others out, and they’ll come from the north.

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