The Grisly Grizzlies_Lachlan by Kim Fox

Author:Kim Fox [Fox, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kim Fox Publishing
Published: 2018-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Lachlan

Her scent is still on me as I check on the horses the next morning. I can’t stop thinking of Jessie as I rinse out the water troughs and refill them with fresh water. That body. Fuck, I missed it.

The thought of her leaving makes my chest ache.

Our newest horse, Ginger, comes limping over as I grab a few flakes of hay. She immediately starts bumping me with her nose, rooting around in my clothes for the fresh apple that I bring her every morning.

“Don’t worry, girl,” I say as I pull the apple out of my back pocket. “I got you covered.”

I hold it to her mouth, careful not to let her bite my fingers off, and she bites it in half. I smile as she chomps it, looking happier than ever.

“Good girl,” I say as she eats the rest of it. I gently stroke her long face as I gently sing to her.

Ginger is an old horse that we recently got from a traveling Circus. After twelve years of service, they no longer wanted her after she broke her ankle and could no longer perform her tricks anymore.

If we didn’t take her, they would have put her down, so we did.

She’s a good girl, but she gets nervous around the other horses. I seem to be the only one who can calm her down.

I smell Maximus coming before he walks into the stables. He’s holding his morning coffee as he leans against the door frame and watches me.

I nod to him and then continue gathering the hay, neither of us saying a word as he watches.

“Some people were saying there was a gunshot in town last night,” he finally says.

“Oh, yeah?”

I keep my eyes off of him as I walk over to Sporty’s stall and toss a few flakes of hay in. I can feel Maximus’ eyes on me as he takes a sip of his steaming coffee.

“You know something about that?”

A heavy sigh falls from my lips. I can’t lie to my alpha. I never could.

“Someone sent a goon to come and get her,” I say as I walk back to the hay with my body tensing up. Just the thought of someone trying to hurt Jessie is making my blood boil. “He took a shot at me. I took care of him.”

“You took care of him?” Maximus asks with his eyebrows raised. “The Sheriff found him with his skull cracked. He’s still in the hospital.”

“He should be in the morgue,” I mutter under my breath.

Maximus rubs his forehead like I’m giving him the beginning of a migraine. “Lachlan,” he says with a hint of unease in his voice. “We talked about this. You said you’d be careful.”

“I tried, Max, but he shot at me,” I say with a shrug. “What could I have done besides eating the bullet?”

He exhales long and hard as he watches me.

“Who sent this guy?” he asks after he takes a sip of coffee. “Her father, Emanuele?”

“I don’t think so,” I answer.

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