Ella's Desire by Brandi Maxwell

Author:Brandi Maxwell [Maxwell, Brandi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Erotic, Menage, Adult, Cowboy
Amazon: B003KN3EBG
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Published: 2010-05-03T12:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Blue had chosen to make his cabin in the trees at the base of the hills. By building the cabin in the trees, he had protection in the winter when the Arctic winds howled down from the north. But putting his cabin in the trees instead of the valley below also meant that an enemy could sneak up on him.

It took him two years of hard labor, working on it whenever he had the time, to finish. Now, seeing it in nestled in trees on the opposite side of the valley, seeing his three horses and twenty-six longhorns eating the lush grass of the basin, he felt a rush of pride.

Not bad for a half-breed bastard nobody accepted, he thought. It was a not altogether pleasant awareness.

The barn was two hundred feet from the cabin in the valley and away from the tree line. The barn was a year older than the cabin. A man can only work on one building project at a time, and priorities had to be determined. Blue and his horses lived in the same building for many months.

“I finished my house the spring before last. I finished the barn the year before that,” Blue said, his dark face creased into a smile.

Ben looked across the valley. “You were telling me about it at Finnerman’s ranch when he held that summit about the horse thieves riding north into Canada.”

Blue wanted to change the subject. He’d been the tracker for the posse. They finally found the horse thieves, all seven of them, but not before they discovered a farmhouse where a husband, wife, and their four children had been slaughtered. The horse thieves had done the murdering simply because they needed whiskey and money, and they weren’t inclined to leave behind anyone who could identify them. All seven horse thieves knew that at the end of the trail only ropes awaited them. They decided to fight to the bitter end, and to a man they were shot down by the posse.

“I’ve put the roof on since then.” Blue shifted in the saddle and surreptitiously looked at Ella. He had known her father well and knew of her immense fortune. What would she think of his humble lodgings? Blue didn’t want to put much value in the opinion of a rich white woman, but that didn’t stop his guts from clenching a little with apprehension. “I don’t suppose it’s much to you, but—”

This time it was Ella who created instant silence by raising her hand. “Not another word, Blue. I’ve been in this saddle for days, so right now that house of yours looks as welcoming as a British castle made of marble with the drawbridge lowered especially for me. If you listen, you can even hear the trumpet fanfare.”

Blue gave the briefest nod in acknowledgement. He looked into Ella’s eyes, half expecting her to look away. She didn’t turn her eyes away, and in their blue depths was amusement. Blue sensed she liked evening the score with him, and his estimation of her went up once again.

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