Ride The Wind (Vincente 3) by Constance O'Banyon

Author:Constance O'Banyon [O'Banyon, Constance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century, American West, Western, Adult, Adventure, Action, RIDE THE WIND, Saber Vincente, Desperate, Best Friend, Fiancée, Kidnappers, Lowdown Snake, Bloodshed, Sister, Beckoned, Seduction, Consequences, Emotional, Love, Youngest Sister, Vincente Siblings
ISBN: 9780843947779
Google: Vgm_OQAACAAJ
Goodreads: 845251
Publisher: Montlake Romance; Reprint Edition
Published: 2013-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

Saber had tried to keep busy cleaning house and reading, but the day stretched on endlessly. She made the evening meal for Jake and Gabe because it gave her something to do, and they were always so grateful.

When Jake came in with an armload of wood, she was reading by the dim lamplight.

The young boy smiled shyly as he placed the wood in the bin. He stacked two logs on the fire before he spoke. "Miss Vincente, Reese said he wanted me to sleep in the house tonight, that I was to make my pallet by the fire."

"Yes, he told me, too."

She laid her book aside and smiled at him, trying to put him at ease. "Did you find anymore frozen cattle today?"

He nodded grimly. "Five head. We haven't checked by the mesa yet. I'm hoping some of the cattle took shelter there. It's enclosed on three sides, so they might have survived there."

She shook her head. "It is such a tragedy."

He eased his tall frame down beside the fire and folded his arms. "I'm sorry it had to happen to Reese. He's fought so long and hard to hold this place together. He's a good man and deserves better."

"Nature knows no friend when she's on the rampage, Jake."

"No, she don't," he agreed, bracing his back against the wall.

"Have you lived here long, Jake?"

"I'll be fifteen next month, and Reese found me when I was thirteen and brought me here to live." He looked pensive. "That would be two years come this April."

"You say he found you?"

"Yes, ma'am-that's exactly what he did. I don't know what would have happened to me if he hadn't taken me in and given me a home. My ma and pa were dead, killed by a fever along with my brother and two sisters. I'd fallen in with a rough bunch who were bound for trouble. I had me a gun, and I wanted to prove that I was as mean as anyone."

She leaned forward, enthralled by his story. "How did you meet Reese?"

"He was fresh out of the war; in fact, he still wore his tattered gray uniform. Me and my three friends got drunk and rode into San Antonio, shooting out windows and yelling and whooping it up, thinking we was big men. I don't know how we kept from killing someone with a stray bullet, but I'm glad we didn't. As it was, a bullet hit Reese in the upper arm while he was mounting his horse. I saw right away that I was in trouble because it was my bullet that struck him. The sight of his blood was enough to make me think twice about what I was doing."

"What happened?"

"Well, Reese ignored my friends and came right for me with a look of murder in his eyes. You know how powerful his eyes can be when he's mad. Well, he was mad at me. He yanked me off my horse, drug me over to the horse trough, and doused my head.

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