Snowbound Nomad by Cassie Power

Author:Cassie Power [Power, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orange Cat Publishing: Romantic Musings
Published: 2017-07-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter seven- Merry

She hadn’t lied to Monty when she’d suggested that she might be too sore to walk the next day. As it stood she could barely make it all the way back to the cabin without stopping every minute for a break. Not that she was going to let herself do that kind of thing. In fact, when they got to the door she was rather proud of herself.

They’d traipsed up and down a small mountain and she hadn’t stopped even one time. True, her entire body ached already, but that could be dealt with.

She looked at the massive shoulders of her new friend, who’d been working even harder than she had and shook her head a little as he led them inside.

“You are secretly a masseuse in your spare time, right?” She smiled, trying to be playful about her discomfort, when a large pale hand came up. She didn’t know what he was doing that for, at first, but he hunched and took a deep breath. Then a large hand was held up, getting her to stop.

“Someone has been in here. Wait here, off to the side of the door. If anyone runs out, just let them go. We can follow them later, if we have to.” He whispered the words, his voice a bit more hard and gruff than it had been before.

A thrill of shock and fear ran through her, though she couldn’t tell how he knew that anything had happened. There was no sound for a long time, until about two minutes later, when not one, but two invaders dashed past her, their tiny fur covered bodies scrambling in the deep snow. It got her to jump in shock. It was nearly an electric feeling. Like static on her skin.

Merry kind of felt for them, as they managed to get away toward the tree line, their masked faces giving the raccoons away for what they were, even to a city girl like her.

Dan followed them out, but stopped at the edge of the porch, shaking his head.

“We lost half a loaf of bread. I think that’s all of them.” Pulling back, he waited inside, which was much darker the instant he pulled the door closed. The place was very cool, even if a well damped down fire had been left going. That was due to the broken window in the front room. Thankfully it was the smaller one off to the left-hand side. The glass was broken inward. It had clearly been how the animals had gotten inside the place.

“That… Do raccoons know how to break windows without cutting themselves up in the process?” It was probably a stupid question, but her new friend chuckled a little and shook his large blond head in response.

“Not that I know of. This wasn’t normal for their kind, even given that storm we had. It had to be them though. Let me…” He left, through the front door, and came back before she could decide to limp after him, her back horribly sore already.

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