Texas Homecoming by Leigh Greenwood

Author:Leigh Greenwood [Greenwood, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780843949728
Google: giJJZ2wvCFgC
Amazon: 0843949724
Publisher: Leisure Books
Published: 2012-06-15T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

They hurried along the boardwalk, Pilar having to trot to keep up with Owen. “When did it happen?” she asked. “I just lay down a few minutes ago.”

“You slept two hours.”

“Why didn’t Holt tell me?”

“I didn’t know. I only found out when I went looking for Cade. The clerk said when Broc, Ivan, and Nate tried to stop the soldiers from taking Cade and Rafe, everybody ended up in a fight. The soldiers called in reinforcements and carried all of them off to jail.”

“But why?”

“The men who tried to abduct you said ex-Confederate soldiers had attacked them and taken their woman. Once the soldiers heard they were Johnny Rebs, they didn’t listen to anybody else.”

“It was self-defense.”

“That’s not what those men said.”

“But they’re thieves.”

“Can you prove it?”

“Yes.”

“Good. You may have to.” Owen’s gaze narrowed. There was nothing of the flirtatious, carefree young man about him now. Pilar could easily imagine this man going on a dangerous night raid. “Cade always said your family and his were enemies. Is that true?”

“Y-yes.”

“He also said you’d do anything to get back at the Wheelers for the land they stole.”

His words shocked her. She hadn’t felt that way for so long, she’d almost forgotten that she ever had.

“What are you going to say when you talk to the major?” Owen asked.

“I don’t know. I—”

“You can’t say anything about stealing. If you do, they’ll never let him go.”

“I wasn’t—”

“I don’t care what anybody did in the past.”

Pilar could hardly believe the undercurrent of menace in Owen’s voice. “But you got into a fight with him. I’d think you’d be happy he’s in jail.”

“That has nothing to do with this. Cade’s the only reason any of us survived that… that surprise attack. I owe him my life,” Owen said.

“I didn’t know—”

“Cade would never tell you. I’ve got to know you’ll do everything you can to convince them to let him go.”

“And if I don’t?” She didn’t know why she asked that question. She wouldn’t hesitate to do anything she could to obtain Cade’s release, but a macabre fascination with the change in Owen made her want to see what he might do.

Owen’s eyes grew even harder. “You can lose people you love just as easily as others have.”

Pilar’s blood ran cold. She had no doubt that he was talking about her grandmother. “I can’t believe you would do something like that.”

“I wouldn’t have five years ago.”

“Did the war change you that much?”

“Not just the war.”

“What?”

“We don’t have time to discuss it. The longer they keep Cade, the harder it’ll be to convince them to let him go.”

Moments later, Owen touched her arm and came to a stop. “The commander’s office is just around that corner. I can’t go with you. If they lock me up, too, we’re lost.”

“But surely—”

“It’ll be up to you to convince the commander. If you don’t succeed, we’ll have to think of something else.”

Pilar entered the building, her thoughts in such disorder she didn’t know how she was going to marshal an argument.

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