Hannah Howell by Wild Roses

Author:Wild Roses
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-06-12T16:57:06+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

"Please say there's a town just up ahead and that you intend to stop in this one," Ella said, afraid she had not kept all hint of a whine out of her voice.

Although Harrigan had been taking it very slow since leaving the Lindons, stopping for plenty of rest periods, it had been three long days on horseback and she wanted a few extra comforts. If nothing else, it would break the monotony. Riding mile after mile after mile had to be the most boring thing she had ever done. Since they were not racing across the country like pony express riders, they were crossing a certain area for a couple of days at a time, which meant she saw far too much monotonous scenery.

The only change there had been in day after day of grasslands was the sighting of the mountains that loomed just ahead of them. They made a change, but they were not a welcome sight. She knew they were the last barrier to Philadelphia.

She and Harrigan still did not talk about Harold and Philadelphia, but that little game was getting harder and harder to play now that they could see the mountains. At times she had the urge to shake him until his teeth rattled, but even if she found the strength to do it, it would not change his mind. What annoyed and hurt her more now was that he also knew their time together was severely limited, yet he said and did nothing. There was still no hint of anything more than passion from the man. She knew that, if it was not a case of cutting off her own nose to spite her face, she would stop giving in to her desires and let him finish the ride to Philadelphia gaining nothing more than cold silence from her. Ella knew that the minute he handed her to Harold she would have more cold silence than she wanted and it would last for the rest of her life.

"We should ride into a town by evening," he answered, breaking into her dark thoughts. "I did think I would try one last time to spend a comfortable night in a hotel."

"There should be a fairly good one in the next town because we're getting closer and closer to established areas of settlement, older towns with far more amenities."

She watched him closely to see if he had any reaction to her reminder that they drew near to their final destination. There was only a faint tightening of his features. It was not an easy expression to read. He could be feeling as downcast as she was or simply fearing that she was about to break her promise and start to plague him about Harold again. She sighed and firmly told herself to stop trying to guess what he was feeling. It was impossible.

They approached the town cautiously and Ella knew Harrigan was looking for her aunt. She was able to find a small touch of amusement in the fact that a big, strong man like Harrigan was going in fear of her tiny aunt.

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