In Your Arms (Montana Romance) by Farmer Merry

Author:Farmer, Merry [Farmer, Merry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-11-23T23:00:00+00:00

Christian sat at his kitchen table, one hand wrapped around the handle of a cooling cup of coffee and the other holding the day’s newspaper. Cyrus Malt published two papers a week, one on Saturday and one on Wednesday. This Wednesday’s edition—packed cover to cover with news about the robberies and school events—had been waiting for him when he got home from a frustrating day of work.

He poured over it now, looking for any signs of what Samuel was up to with Lieutenant Wilkins, any sign of the trouble they intended to cause.

If only it had taken a long time to find.

“In response to the recent string of robberies, town councilman Samuel Kuhn has pledged to clean up the lawlessness in Cold Springs,” the article read. “To do so, he said he is willing to explore fresh options that his opposition on the town council is loath to consider. ‘There is more to law enforcement than letting a fourth-rate sheriff stroll the streets giving citizens dirty looks,’ Mr. Kuhn is quoted as saying. ‘We need a more structured law enforcement so that lawbreakers—all lawbreakers, both small-time and large-scale—are caught and brought to justice.’ When asked how he planned to implement this new strategy, Mr. Kuhn stated that he would bring in expert consultants and demand the town council review its law-enforcement strategy.”

It wasn’t news that Samuel was strong-arming the town council. That had been apparent for weeks. It was what lay between the lines—the mention of all lawbreakers—that settled uneasily on Christian’s shoulders. Between the newspaper and the things Wilkins had said at the courthouse, Christian had the bad feeling everyone from the prisoner in the jail to Sturdy Oak and his people had better watch their backs.

Lily would have to watch her back.

Christian sighed and tossed the newspaper on the tabletop. The thought burned a hole in his gut. He took a long drink of his lukewarm coffee before grimacing and pushing his chair back. If Samuel so much as hinted trouble was in store for Lily, then maybe it was time for him to bypass Kent entirely and find the thieves himself.

He blew out a breath as the energy of the thought spiked then left him. As much as he wanted to, he couldn’t waltz in and do Kent’s job for him. He could, however, stand over the man’s shoulder and make sure he did what he was paid for.

He was halfway to the sink to dump his coffee when a knock sounded on his door. He scowled, emptied the coffee down the drain and set the cup aside, then crossed the kitchen into the front room of his small house. The knock came again, too quiet to be any kind of an emergency that would warrant him having to answer the door in his house-sweater hours after dark.

“What?” he demanded as he opened the door.

Lily stood on the other side. She was bundled in her coat and disheveled enough from the stiff breeze that swirled snow between his house and the courthouse to look like a wildcat after a bowl of milk.

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