Riverstone Ridge by Mandy Magro

Author:Mandy Magro
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2019-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

14

Even with the air-conditioner going full pelt, at some time throughout the night, the humidity had grown so heavy, so smothering, Nina could have cut it with a knife. And then just before dawn, an epic monsoonal storm had rolled in, striking zaps of ice-blue lightning across the sky, and shaking the earth with rolling waves of thunder. Nina had pulled the curtains wide to watch Mother Nature’s impressive show of brute strength and power. Terrified, Maxwell had leapt on the bed without an invitation and crawled beneath the sheet, quivering. Not usually one for dogs in bed, Nina had given him a free pass. Tom, unimpressed with her decision, had removed himself to the top of the closet.

The torrential rain had fallen thick and fast, thrumming loudly on the corrugated tin roof like giant fingers, the sound of it hypnotic. Brisbane had storms, but they were nowhere near as beautiful and commanding as storms in the country. It was the kind of weather that would make most want to lie in bed and snuggle. But in a foul mood after tossing and turning all night long, wondering what had flipped Logan’s switch to neutral with her in the blink of an eye, and stressing over Bea’s death, her mother’s suicide, and the fact someone was playing games with her, Nina couldn’t think of anything worse. Give her a feather doona and a good book over the demands of a man any day. All they did was confuse her, hurt her, and leave her feeling lonelier, more vulnerable, than she already was. She needed to rein in her lust for Logan Steele; it would only lead to devastation and heartbreak for both of them. She cared about him too much to do that to him.

Four hours later and, although more of a pitter-patter, the rain was still lingering, falling in soft wispy sheets upon sodden green paddocks, and here she was out in the thick of it with her ever-faithful furry companion, both of them dripping wet as she checked the horses and fences so she didn’t drive herself nuts going over and over everything while pacing the halls of the homestead. After charging the four-wheeler’s battery overnight – at Logan’s suggestion – she followed the boundary line between Riverstone Ridge and Willowbrook for a distance on the quad, and satisfied it was all good, and all the farm critters were safe and happy, she cut across the paddock with Maxwell in tow, skilfully changing gears until the bike was screaming in top gear. Wind and soft raindrops whipped past her, dusting her face in a fine spray of what Bea used to call Mother Earth’s tears. Every now and then, she would hit a dip that sent the bike flying through the air, the thump back to earth only broadening her rebellious grin.

Nearing the homestead, a massive clap of thunder startled her and Maxwell, and the world around her rapidly darkened. Just as she reached the canopy of the

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