The Promise of Jenny Jones by Maggie Osborne

Author:Maggie Osborne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction / Romance / Historical / General
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2014-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Contrary to expectations, the Mexicans did not break camp and move on. When Jenny checked through Ty’s spyglass, the two men appeared to be arguing. Judging by their gestures, it appeared one wanted to leave the campsite while the other remained indecisive. There was still no sign of the missing men. Graciela, thank God, seemed unharmed.

Because it worried Jenny and Ty that the missing two men had not returned by sunset, they decided to wait until dawn to make their move. The delay would provide the absent cousins the greatest opportunity to reappear, and would give Jenny and Ty the greatest assurance that the missing men would not suddenly arrive in the midst of their attack.

The night passed slowly, with little conversation. Finally, to Jenny’s relief, the time arrived to shake the drowsiness from their heads, mount, and ride across the dark desert.

A hundred yards from the Mexican’s camp, they tethered their horses, then Jenny moved stealthily to the left and Ty silently circled the camp from the right. They came together again near a stunted cactus not far from where they had left their horses.

“There’s no outlying guard,” Jenny reported in a whisper, her lips nearly touching Ty’s ear. His muscles were taut, communicating his readiness for the fight to come. She shared his edginess. She, too, resonated with the need to release the tension of having spent so many feverishly speculative hours alone with him. The pressure of unrequited hankering jangled her nerves and unsettled her thoughts. The way she figured it, a righteous fight would do them both good and clear the air.

Ty cupped her chin in his palm and turned her head to position his mouth near her earlobe. A flow of warm breath and whispered words made her thighs tense.

“I think the missing men are dead. Looks like two fresh graves about twenty yards from the fire.”

Now it was again her turn. When she moved her head to whisper a reply, her lips grazed his chin and her breasts pressed lightly against his upper arm. “If they’re dead, then our odds just improved.”

Pulling back, he glared into her eyes. “What are you doing? You’re going to get our butts killed.”

Frowning, she peered through the darkness. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“You know damned well what I’m talking about. These.”

His hand moved up between them and he cupped one breast, lifting the rounded weight in his palm. His unexpected touch exploded through her body like an invisible beam that instantly dissolved her bones.

The strength shot out of her legs, and Jenny dropped hard to her knees, which placed her at eye level with his thighs. She stared straight at his crotch. It was a damned fine crotch in her opinion, impressive, really, but right now she was too amazed to devote much thought to a crotch that had occupied her mind for most of the day.

At this moment, the impact of Ty’s warm hand cupping her breast rocked her mind like a small earthquake. She flat would not have believed that a man’s casual caress could drop her to her knees.

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