Punished by Sasha Bryne

Author:Sasha Bryne [Bryne, Sasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

6

Emma Fairfax, murderess!

Emma watched with wide eyes as Horn got out of bed and padded over to the fire naked. Testing the kettle water with his finger, he placed a small linen in the fire warmed water. After wringing it out he brought it back to the bed.

“Ease back onto the pillow for a moment. Let me take care of you.”

One moment he was basically demanding she confess her murderess past as he spanked her and now he was ministering to her with the patience of a saint. Would she ever understand this man? After gently wiping away the evidence of their lovemaking, Horn paced across the room to retrieve his denims. Tugging them on but neglecting to button the flaps, he dug through his saddlebag for his pile of cornshucks and pouch of loose tobacco. Crouching by the low light of the fire, he rolled himself a smoke. Snatching a small twig from the fire, he used it to light the end. The earthy, acrid scent of tobacco smoke filled the room.

“Careful. That one has a hair trigger,” he warned without turning around.

While assuming he had been distracted by preparing his smoke, Emma had crept out of bed and sneaked across the room, quietly picking up one of his Colts.

Horn rose and braced his back against the stone mantle. Taking a long drag, he just stared. There she stood. Naked as a jay bird and bold as brass in the middle of the room. Her hair in wild disarray around her shoulders and down her back. The creamy, pale skin of her neck and breasts bore the red marks from his stubble. There was just the faintest outline of a bruised handprint on her thigh. Just about every part of her body, both inside and out, bore his mark. His brand.

And there she stood…with a gun on him…for the second time today.

If he could just get her to stop trying to kill him…he just might fall in love with this amazing, obstinate, beautiful woman, thought Horn.

“I don’t want any trouble,” stated Emma as she tried to hold the heavy Colt steady.

“Seems to me trouble keeps finding you anyway,” drawled Horn as he took another drag from his smoke.

Motioning towards the bed with the gun, she ordered hesitantly, “Step back over there.”

“Baby, if you wanted me back in bed, all you had to do was ask.”

“Stop jesting!”

Horn tossed the remains of his smoke into the burning embers of the fire and padded over towards the bed under Emma’s watchful eye. When he was a safe distance away, she took a few hesitant steps. Keeping her eyes on him, she skimmed her hand over the floor, searching for her clothing. Her fingertips felt the familiar soft wool of her skirt. Clutching at the material she straightened up and backed away.

“What exactly is your plan? If you don’t mind me asking?”

She did mind. She minded a great deal. Mainly because she didn’t exactly have a plan. She only knew that she couldn’t tell Horn the truth.

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