Promises to a Stallion (Kimani Romance) by Deborah Fletcher Mello

Author:Deborah Fletcher Mello [Mello, Deborah Fletcher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2010-08-01T05:00:00+00:00

There was a cool breeze blowing over the blue-green waters of Lake Travis. The man stood thigh deep in the chilling water as it washed over the rubber waders he wore. He looped his thumbs behind the suspenders over his shoulders.

Lake Travis was one of his favorite places to be. His parents had named him after the lake, the summer vacation jaunt high on their list of places to visit. As a little boy he’d sworn the lake was his, named aptly because he possessed the rights to everything from one shore to the other. He still felt a kinship to the land and the water, both calming his spirit with little effort.

Travis took a deep inhale of air. The fresh air filled his lungs and nourished him. Thoughts of Tierra skipped through his mind. He’d been desperately trying to ignore all thoughts of her. Their last encounter had left him speechless, his frustrations exposed as he’d stood practically naked in front of her.

He couldn’t begin to understand what held her back. The Tierra he’d come to know was too spirited not to act on her desires, and he’d been certain she had wanted him. For a brief moment she’d allowed herself to relax and enjoy the easy caresses that had danced against her skin. He suddenly remembered how she had pressed her pelvis against him, gyrating her body gently against his own. Heat flushed his groin at the memory.

The moment had been heated and consuming, and it had taken every ounce of fortitude he’d had not to have taken her right there in that shower stall. Then she’d said she really didn’t want him. Tierra had told him no, and once told, Travis had to walk away, no longer certain about what he’d seen in her eyes.

He blew out a deep breath of exasperation. A part of him had wanted to stay, to make Tierra admit what she was feeling. Logic had moved him out of that room and as far from the woman as he could manage to go. As he’d packed his bags, sound judgment had assured him he’d made the right decision. Boarding the Stallion family jet and disembarking in Austin had given him just enough time to rationalize that he’d done the one and only thing he could possibly do.

Chasing after Tierra would have been a big mistake. Probably his biggest, and Travis was not a man who was inclined to knowingly make a mistake when such could be avoided. He’d seen too many men fall victim to their emotions, and he was not looking to be added to the statistics. The military had served him well in that respect.

He heaved another deep sigh, suddenly thinking about Jordan Burke, one of his closest friends. Jordan had been a fellow soldier whose love for his country and his service to the military had almost rivaled Travis’s. The two men had graduated high school together, both enlisting in the military the moment they were able. Travis had joined the ranks of Army, his friend devoting himself to the Marines.

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