Harlequin Intrigue July 2020--Box Set 2 of 2 by Cindi Myers

Author:Cindi Myers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Tucker stole a horse.

Maybe it was harsh for Rachel to consider it stealing, considering it was her horse, and she was one of the people riding it, but it felt like stealing. It felt like lying and scaring the people she loved by disappearing.

Like Dad did?

She didn’t even have time to wallow in the betrayal of it all because Shay was absolutely telling the truth, no doubt about it. Someone else would come for her, because her dreams were true.

True.

They rode Buttercup away from the ranch—in the opposite direction of the pasture Dev and Sarah were working in this afternoon. It felt really stupid to be riding a horse named Buttercup when trying to escape a group that was trying to bring down the Sons—which was what she wanted.

How could two groups of people want the same thing and disagree so fundamentally on how to get there?

She didn’t speak as Tucker explained everything from the beginning. His helping out North Star. Being ready to quit before he walked into a diner with the North Star guy and her father.

Her father. Who’d brought down dirty cops as a young man and was somehow paying for it over thirty years later.

Her father wasn’t who she’d thought. Tucker wasn’t who she’d thought.

Oh, that probably wasn’t fair. In fact, it was really quite Wyatt of Tucker to want to save the day without telling her. Still, no matter how justified, the fact he’d lied to her and she’d bought it hook, line and sinker… It hurt.

Maybe his deception was necessary, but how easily he’d fooled her made her feel stupid. And weak. Now she was riding a horse, with Tucker’s hard body directly behind her, through the rolling hills of southeastern South Dakota like she was some kidnapped bride on the prairie.

Rachel didn’t say anything as they rode, and after he’d told the whole story, neither did Tucker. She didn’t know how many hours they rode in silence, how many miles they covered. She didn’t know where they were going and she didn’t ask.

Because she was too afraid he’d offer another lie, and she’d believe it as gospel.

“Sun’s going down,” Tucker said, his voice rusty with disuse. “We should camp.”

“Camp,” Rachel echoed. Up to this point, she hadn’t been afraid, not really. In the moments Tucker had been fighting Shay, yes, but after that there’d been too many other feelings. Sadness, fury, hurt and the ache in her hand from punching Shay had taken up too much space to be truly afraid.

But now the idea of camping had those beats of panic starting in her chest.

“I’m sorry. It’s the only way,” Tucker said gently. He brought the horse to a halt and he got off. Since she couldn’t see the ground, she had to let him help her dismount.

Rachel immediately pulled away from his grasp, though she kept her feet in the same place since she couldn’t be sure she wouldn’t trip and fall.

“So, what’s the plan?” she asked flatly.

He handed her something. Her cane.

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