To Love a Texas Ranger by Linda Broday

Author:Linda Broday
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2016-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty-two

When Sam pried his back teeth loose, he roared, “What the hell, Weston? When I said you couldn’t leave, I wasn’t inviting you to our table. Why are you sitting there like you belong?”

Luke lifted one eyebrow and gave him a lazy grin.

“I invited him,” Stoker’s voice boomed as he rose from his seat, daring Sam to usurp his authority.

That piercing stare sharpened to a jagged knifepoint, and meeting it took everything Sam had. But he didn’t back down. Not this time. This concerned his job, his livelihood, his right to arrest lawbreakers and hold them accountable. “Do you know the price he has on his head?”

“I do. Take a seat, son. In this house, we behave in a civilized manner.” Stoker dropped into his chair and took a large platter of meat from Cook. “For tonight, Mr. Weston is a guest. My thanks for helping you get here. And from what I heard, it took you both.”

Houston leaned closer. “Smile, it won’t be that bad.”

His brother sat down at the end while Sam took the place directly opposite the wanted man. He propped his elbows on the table and met Luke’s glare. No telling what he’d told Stoker. Anything to gain his father’s favor, he was sure.

“Luke was shot trying to protect us, sir,” Sierra said. “He almost died.”

For the first time, Sam realized she sat at his right. Still seething, he swung his attention her way and immediately forgot about Weston. His heart leaped at the sight. Her upswept hair lent quiet elegance and left her slender neck bare. A neck he’d nuzzled and left a trail of kisses down while on his way to other places.

The blue of her dress provided a contrast to her dark beauty. The woman who’d come from the mountains with nothing could easily fit into high society if she chose. Or beside a campfire next to the swollen Brazos.

She could fit anywhere but in his heart.

No—he rephrased that. She already occupied that place. It was his life that seemed to be the problem.

“You’re quite a sight, Miss Sierra. Don’t think I’ve seen a prettier woman.” He lifted her hand to his mouth.

With the scent of her brushing against him like a whispered caress, he had trouble getting words to his brain. It was all he could do to keep from scooping her into his arms and carrying her upstairs to his bed.

A pretty blush colored her cheeks. “Thank you, Sam. You look quite different as well.”

“You mean clothes free of blood?”

“That too, but what I meant was how they fit…so well.”

When he released her hand, she folded it in her lap and sent an anxious glance around. He realized she didn’t know what to do. She’d probably never dined in such a setting with so much silverware.

He leaned close to whisper, “Watch me.” He put his napkin in his lap.

Color crawled up her neck. “Thanks.”

Stoker forked a slab of meat onto his plate and held the platter while Luke got a piece.

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