Nothing But Trouble, a western romance novel by Lisa Mondello

Author:Lisa Mondello [Mondello, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Lisa Mondello
Published: 2014-12-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Stoney breathed in the pungent scent of moisture in the wake of the afternoon rain shower, his soaked clothes, and wet horse. He pulled on Thunder’s reins until the horse obliged in stopping by the bank of the river they’d been trailing along. Chester and Dolly automatically followed the leader.

“Why are we stopping?” Melanie asked, reaching into her saddlebag for her canteen. He watched her take a long pull from her canteen and replace it in her saddlebag before he replied.

“This looks like the best place for us to cross,” he said, looking hard to the right and to the left along the river’s edge. They’d been riding along the bank for more than an hour, and he’d hoped to find a spot where the river was low enough for them to cross easily. No such luck. The banks of the river had risen considerably after the rain shower they’d gotten caught in earlier. This was probably as good as it was going to get.

He glanced back at Melanie and saw the fear flash across her face. She tried to act as if she wasn’t scared, but he knew by the brightness of her eyes, and how she kept nibbling on her bottom lip as she watched the water slosh over the boulders in the creek that she was as frayed around the edges as Dolly. The river was moving faster than he would have liked, and it was just high enough so that the horses would probably have to swim. This was not exactly the ideal situation to take a newcomer.

He pulled Thunder around so he was facing Melanie. “What do you think? You up for this?”

She sat up straight and tall as an aspen pine in her saddle and confidently said, “Of course.” But she couldn’t fool him. He knew that beneath the surety in her voice and the determined look she cast him, she was masking her fear. Her knuckles were white as she held the reins in her hands. But he’d be willing to bet she’d rather bite off the head of a rattler if he suggested they not cross or keep going until they found a stretch that was low. He couldn’t help but admire the fact that she wouldn’t back down to her own fear.

“Thunder is a little surer of himself than Dolly. He’s been through this a few times. Why don’t we switch–”

Melanie shook her head. “No,” she said, lifting her head defiantly as she stroked the mare on the neck. “We’ve come this far together; we can go the whole way. Isn’t that right, Doll?”

Dolly kept back stepping away from the bank, clopping her hooves in the mud. It was a clear indication to Stoney that she may bolt. Horses were normally skittish, but Dolly had had about as much as she was going to take during the last thunderstorm. As Melanie eased the horse closer to the bank, Dolly bobbed her head and nickered in protest. She stomped her hoof like a two-year-old having a tantrum, making it clear she wanted no part of that water.

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