Kresley Cole - MacCarrick Brothers - 1 by If You Dare

Author:If You Dare [Dare, If You]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-16T23:30:42.635000+00:00

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“Anna,” he began in a warning tone, “the coach, or I’ll take my kiss and I’ll take it back in the bed.”

She must have believed him, because she glowered at him, but only while sashaying to stand beside the coach.

When Groot brought out their things, Court tossed the bags to the coachman, then set about loading the weapons that Hugh and Ethan had unknowingly paid for this morning. He couldn’t resist running a hand over his new rifle, near lovingly. A repeating rifle, five shots in one loading—he’d heard tales of them coming in the future, tales in the same vein as those of the beast of Loch Ness, but he’d never seen one.

This rifle meant dead Rechazados.

Once they were set and Groot had returned inside, she mumbled, “I still say we should ride.”

“Anna, you’re no’ as strong as you think.”

“No, I’m not,” she said, her chin at a stubborn angle. “Every time I conclude how strong I am, I surprise myself. I continue to exceed my conclusions, so I must bestronger than I think.”

She surprised him, too. Constantly. Like now, when after her rousing statement about her growing strength, the prim little lady stood outside the coach’s door, directly beside the folding step, waiting for him to assist her in. She didn’t even realize she should be making a show of helping herself inside, making a gesture of independence.

His eyes narrowed. Or perhaps she did realize it and wanted all things her way.

As he strode toward her—and how could he not when she put her arms out to him?—he thought about the paradox. All Court knew was that a woman who peered at her nails infinite times in a day should not know how to hide a rock in her skirt to pummel the unwitting Scot.

Her incongruent actions went against all that was right and governable in the laws of nature.

He shook his head hard, then handed her in, growling under his breath,“Fascinatin’ woman.”

Nineteen

Isn’t the countryside lovely?” Annalía asked as she gazed out over a valley in Burgundy. The land was bedecked with patchwork fields of sunflowers and vineyards, and she smelled damp earth. When the sun came out from behind white clouds, a breeze blew, but swayed only the squares of towering blooms.

And she couldn’t stop smiling.

“Lovely,” he agreed though he’d never looked away from her. He’d been watching her closely ever since her…indiscretion four nights ago, though Annalía wished he wouldn’t read too much into her actions. She’d simply been reacting to the traumatic events of the day, and there’d been imbibing once more, but he acted as though something had changed between them other than the fact that she no longer detested him.

To be honest, she didn’t even think she could manage to dislike him anymore. She’d seemed to grow used to him, becoming more comfortable around his size, becoming more aware when his sharp words were like teasing.

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