Expecting...in Texas by Ferrarella Marie

Author:Ferrarella, Marie [Ferrarella, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2012-01-07T06:00:00+00:00

Nine

The next ten minutes felt as if they were being dragged by on a wagon with square wheels. Containing her impatience, Savannah waited for about ten minutes in her office. She didn’t want to run into Vanessa and then have to explain where she was going.

It was just something she knew she had to do if she were ever to be at peace again.

When she was fairly certain that she would safely avoid contact with anyone who felt entitled to ask questions, Savannah hurried to the stables. Pixie Dust was in her stall, put away for the night. Ryan had made a point of letting her know that the horse was hers to use for as long as she remained on the ranch. It made Savannah feel less of an outsider, more like a member of the family. It helped, belonging.

She thought of Cruz. How long had he felt like an outsider, like someone just looking in? Her heart went out to him.

Although some of the others on the ranch used a Jeep to get around, she found riding a horse preferable in these surroundings. And she already dearly loved Pixie Dust.

“I know you thought you were in for the day, and I’m sorry to have to take you out on such a gloomy night,” she murmured as she saddled the horse. “But this’ll just take a little while, I promise. Less, if I lose my nerve and turn back.”

Clouds dipped in soot lined the sky as she led the mare out. And the sky grew darker and more ominous as she rode in the direction of Cruz’s cabin. Never having been there, Savannah was relying solely on Vanessa’s nebulous directions that the cabin was due south of the main house.

The sensible thing to do was to wait until morning. But she wasn’t feeling very sensible. She had to see Cruz, and it had to be tonight. The words were hot on her tongue and she wanted to say them before she lost her nerve. Things would only continue to grow worse between them until she cleared this up.

Before she was halfway there, it started to pour.

The rain didn’t bother him, but Cruz was concerned about the effect the storm would have on Quicksilver, the stallion he’d been training these past few weeks. The animal was already skittish. Cruz’s own horse was well trained to take sudden loud noises in stride, but Quicksilver hadn’t come that far yet. This could be a setback.

The weather had changed suddenly, bringing with it the promise of a storm. Now he wished he hadn’t remained in the meadow so long. But he and Quicksilver had finally begun to bond, and he hadn’t wanted to stop. Bonding was the first really strong step in mastering a horse, and he knew from experience that it was an elusive thing that needed to be strengthened once it materialized.

Cruz rode quickly to the stables, anxious to get the horse in before the storm broke.

“It’s okay, Silver. It’s only noise, nothing else.

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