Safe in His Arms by Colleen Coble

Author:Colleen Coble [Coble, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2012-10-31T13:00:00+00:00

MARGARET WIPED DUST from her face and swatted a fly with her hat. It had been a long morning in the saddle, and she was ready for water and some food. She dismounted beside the Red River and tied Archie to a bush, then knelt by the water. She splashed it on her face and wiped her skin with a handkerchief. She stood and pulled out her lunch, a roast beef sandwich.

Her lagging energy surged when she saw Daniel riding her way. He’d been on the other side of the pasture for most of the day. Not that she’d watched for his broad shoulders, of course. She had too much work to worry about what he was doing.

She shielded her face with her hand and waited until he dismounted. “Is there a problem?”

“Nope.” He walked to the river and splashed water on his face. “Just needed a break like you. You’ve been avoiding me for two days. It’s time you aired your grievances.”

“I have no grievances.” She took a bite of her sandwich so she didn’t have to say more.

He pulled a handkerchief from his back pocket and wiped his face. “I didn’t come to look for some stolen bonds. When Lewis mentioned it, it was the first time I’d heard the story.”

She wished she could believe him. Oh, how she wished things were different! If only he were the kind of man he appeared to be—honest, hardworking, kind.

“What are you thinking?” His gaze searched hers.

She looked away. “Did you bring your lunch? I can share my sandwich if you didn’t.”

“I brought it.” He grabbed a sandwich from his saddlebag. “Let’s sit under the cottonwood.”

She should make an excuse, but heaven help her, she wanted to sit and listen to his deep voice. The air was ten degrees cooler in the shade, and there was a patch of grass around a rock near the water. She settled on it and took a bite.

“Any word from Lewis?” he asked.

She shook her head. “No one in town has seen him.”

“Maybe he headed for the train station instead.”

“The trip would have been much farther. Unless he wanted the time to think about what to say to his fiancée and her father.”

Daniel dropped onto the grass beside her. “I talked to Vincente about your brother.”

“This is not your business! You just told me you didn’t come here for the bonds.”

“I didn’t. But I was curious about the rumor and wanted to find out if there was any truth to it.”

“So you could get the bonds too?”

“Too? What does that mean?”

She tossed the rest of her food to the birds. “Nothing.”

He stared a moment, then shrugged. “I’m trying to find out what happened to your father, Margaret. There’s something going on at the Triple T. First your father was assaulted, the barn burned, then your pa ends up dead. Now your cousin is missing. We have to figure out what’s going on.”

“Why do you care?”

He leaned over close enough to tuck a dangling lock of hair behind her ear.

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