Max (7 Brides for 7 Brothers Book 5) by Lynn Raye Harris

Author:Lynn Raye Harris [Harris, Lynn Raye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781941002209
Publisher: H.O.T. Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-11-28T18:30:00+00:00

The mare looked uncomfortable as hell. Max stood outside the stall with Ellie, who was frowning as she watched the horse pace and swish her tail. The stall she was in was far bigger than the other stalls. Ellie had explained it was a special stall just for having babies.

“She’s sweating now, poor sweetheart. It could be anytime.” Then she snorted. “Or not. You can never tell with one hundred percent accuracy.”

“What do you have to do when it starts?” Max had never been present for a horse’s birth before.

“Nothing much unless she gets into trouble. We’re just here to make sure everything happens as it should. If the baby breeches, I’ll have to help her. Otherwise, we’re going to let Mother Nature do her thing. But I want to be close because this is her first. If she rejects the foal for some reason… Well, I’ll need to get in there and make sure she doesn’t hurt him or her. Then I’ll have to get one of the nurse mares and hope we can bond the baby to her.”

He’d had no idea it was so complicated. Beside him, Ellie yawned. He turned his head to look at her. Her face was in profile, small chin, upturned nose, long eyelashes, full lips. Lips he’d kissed a few nights ago. Lips he wanted to kiss again.

“Why don’t you try to get some sleep? I can watch and wake you if something happens.”

That’s why he’d insisted on joining her. She’d looked so tired, and he’d known she was going to sleep down here with an alarm going off every so often so she could check on the horse. If he was here, he could watch and she could sleep longer.

Her gaze flicked over him and then back to the mare. “It could be a long time yet.”

“That’s why we can take turns. You sleep first.”

“I don’t know…”

“Ellie.” He waited until she met his gaze. Green eyes rimmed with long, lush lashes stared back at him. It took everything he had to make himself concentrate on what he’d been planning to say. “I’ve spent countless nights on watch during missions. You can trust me. There, the penalty for fucking up was certain death. You can be sure that I take the mission seriously and that I’ll guard that horse’s life as if it were my own.”

A small smile played on her lips then. He wanted to press his mouth to hers and taste it. “I think that’s a little overboard, but I appreciate the sentiment.” Her jaw cracked in another yawn. “Okay, I’ll go first. Wake me in an hour or if her water breaks—or, if you don’t see that happen, wake me if she lies down and doesn’t get up again in a few minutes.”

He put a hand over his heart. “ Aye, aye, skipper.”

Her frown was cute. “Skipper?”

“It’s what sailors call the boss.”

“Ah, got it. Sorry, kinda slow on the uptake right now.”

He took the chance of pulling her into his arms.

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