RNWMP: Bride for Elijah (Mail Order Mounties Book 2) by Kay P. Dawson & Mail Order Mounties

Author:Kay P. Dawson & Mail Order Mounties [Dawson, Kay P.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

He couldn't get the look in her eyes out of his mind. Everything that happened on that station platform played over and over in his head, while he tried to get comfortable on the hard ground, looking up at the stars above him.

She'd been hurt as he'd walked away, but he'd been so angry he was scared of what he'd say.

Why hadn't she just told him the truth? He could tell after just meeting the man one time that Robert Harvey was a swine. And Elijah hated to say anything bad about anyone, but Rose's father was even worse. It was no wonder she'd had to run as far away as she could get.

But the fact that she hadn't trusted him enough to tell him the truth bothered him. He'd always tried to be a fair and patient man, and he thought Rose must have known that about him by now.

Suddenly, a loud noise cracked in the woods beside him. Jumping up, he grabbed his gun and pointed it in the direction the sound had come from. In the light of the full moon, the moose that was always hanging around town, ambled out of the bushes and stared directly at him.

Monty.

That was the name Rose had told him Miss Hazel had given the moose. It seemed like a fitting name for the big animal that was standing in front of him. He knew moose could be dangerous if provoked, even this one that the women had all decided should be some kind of pet.

Did he have something hanging on his antlers? From here, if he didn't know any better, Elijah was sure he was walking around with a pair of women's underthings draped over the top of his left antler. And on the right side was a shawl he'd seen Rose wear more than once.

Monty shook his head at Elijah as though even he was angry that he hadn't stayed to talk things over with Rose.

"Well, what do you know you big, blundering clod?"

Elijah ended up shaking his own head as he realized he was trying to rationalize with a wild animal. To be fair, though, Monty was hard to consider in a class of wild animal as he stood shaking the women's clothing free from his antlers.

"Fine. I will take these back to Rose and sit down and talk to her. Is that what you want?"

Deciding he was truly losing his mind, he realized he needed to get home to speak to Rose before he started imagining the animal talking back to him. Elijah walked closer to pick up the clothing that was now lying on the ground. Monty gave him a nod and turned to walk back into the bush he'd come out of.

Grumbling under his breath at the ridiculous animal that was always hanging around, Elijah folded his bedroll and threw his leg over his horse. He tucked the clothes inside his bag and headed for home.

No one would ever believe he'd just had Monty the Moose tell him he needed to get home to his wife.

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