Rocky Mountain Wild (Rocky Mountain Bride Series Book 6) by Lee Savino

Author:Lee Savino
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications
Published: 2016-03-18T05:00:00+00:00

The End

Bonus Scene: The Rogue’s Wife:

A few minutes after the shooting…

While the others carried Phoebe’s uncle into surgery, Jesse pulled his wife into another one of the rooms. Susannah was quiet, her face pale and peaked, her hand on her middle as if to steady her stomach.

Jesse lit a lamp and turned to her. “Here. Let me look at you.”

“I’m fine.” She gulped a few times. “I feel much better.”

“Let me see.”

“It’s all right,” she protested. “I didn’t get shot.”

But his hands were roving up and down, checking her body under her layers of clothes before coming up to cup her face.

“Did they touch you? Did they touch anyone?” he demanded.

“No.” She stepped back, catching his hands. “I pulled my gun before he got close, and told him to stop. He threatened us and came forward, so I aimed and fired.”

“You aimed for his leg and not his body?”

He’d instructed her to fire into a man’s torso if she ever wanted to make sure and stop him. She lifted her chin. “I know you always told me to shoot to kill, if I had to, but I didn’t want to kill him.”

“You were lucky. It might not have stopped him, and then it would’ve just made them all mad.”

“I know that,” she snapped. “I also knew you and the other men were close, and my attackers weren’t armed.”

“You didn’t know that for sure. They could’ve had weapons close by.”

“Fine, I made a mistake. Next time I’ll be sure to aim for the chest.” She glared at him, and he stood frowning at her. “I did what I thought was best in the moment. And now a man is shot.” She waved her hand in the general direction of the surgery. “And I have to live with it, not you.”

The door creaked open a little, and they could hear the wounded man shouting in his room. Jesse crossed and shut it, hard.

When he turned back, he was relaxed. “What’s done is done. And it all worked out. You did well.”

“Thank you.” Despite herself, her lower lip trembled.

“Come here,” he said gruffly and she crossed to him. His arms slid around her and she shook a little with the aftermath of her feelings about the shooting and their fight.

“I didn’t want to shoot him, but I couldn’t let him—”

“I know. It’s all right.” He hugged her until she pulled away, her blue eyes flashing defiance.

“How dare you pull me in here to question me. I did what I had to do.”

“I know you did, Susannah, and I’m sorry for second guessing you. I was afraid.” He squeezed her harder. “I should’ve been there. I’m supposed to be the one to protect you.”

“You did protect me today. You taught me to shoot.”

He sighed. “I’m not used to caring so much for someone else. I’d die if I lost you.”

“You’re not going to lose me.”

His hands slid up her back; he couldn’t seem to stop touching her.

“You’re not mad at me then?”

“Never. I’m so very proud of you.

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