She Wore It Tied-Down by r. William Rogers

Author:r. William Rogers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical, western, desert, sand storm, llano estacado, female gunfighter
Publisher: r. William Rogers

Chapter 18

With the sheriff having come right out with what had happened to her, it placed a whole different light on things. She’d probably only been fooling herself, but she’d hoped that...well, it had been almost as if she’d been able to minimize it while justifying her obsession with finding and killing the three men solely because they’d murdered her father. But now that it was out there for all to see, especially The Kid, it again became the driving force within her.

She wiped the tears, determined to remain strong.

“You alright?”

She gave a final wipe with her shirtsleeve and turned to face him. “Yeah, I’m okay. I...I was hoping to keep all that under—”

“Shhh,” he said, placing his fingertips against her lip. “It doesn’t matter,” he added, with a tenderness that surprised her.

“But I—”

“It doesn’t matter,” he repeated softly, and taking her in his arms, pulled her to him.

She felt about as good at that moment as she had since before this whole thing had begun. It surprised her that she was willing to let him hold her. After what those men had done, she had pretty much resigned herself to the reality that it would be a long while before she would again let another man put his hands on her...if ever. But with The Kid it was somehow...different. Without thinking, she leaned against him, feeling his warm breath on her cheek as she rested her head against his shoulder.

If she’d have had to explain exactly how what happened next had come about, there would have been no way. One moment she was feeling secure and contented and the next she was feeling...well, she wasn’t quite sure what she was feeling. All she knew for sure was that his mouth was on hers and she was responding with a fervor that was entirely foreign to her.

Realizing the implications, she pushed away from him. “No…please, Kid. I can’t,” she pleaded and turned away.

“I’m sorry,” he said from behind her. “It’s just that...that—”

She again faced him. “I need time. I need to know that those men are—”

“I understand. You take whatever time’s necessary. I’m of a mind that from the very first minute I seen you climb into that stage, I was drawn to you. My first thought after that was to wish I’d never become a gunnie. I reckon I was feelin’ a hankerin’ to settle down somewhere, but figgered—”

She pressed her fingertips lightly against his lips, feeling the desire to kiss him again. “Shhh. Don’t say any more. I get the picture.” She smiled pleasantly. “Would you believe that I’ve been having similar thoughts?”

“No…but then again stranger things have happened.” He took her hand in his and bringing the fingers to his lips, kissed them gently. I’m figgerin’ that if you’re worth havin’ you’re worth waitin’ for.”

“Now that’d be the question that needs the most attention, Kid.”

“Call me Wayne,” he said simply and grinned crookedly.

“But I thought you said—”

“It is, but Wayne’s my middle name.”

She returned the grin. “Then Wayne it is.

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