To Marry a Texas Outlaw by Linda Broday

Author:Linda Broday
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2017-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty-two

Frantic mewing dragged Luke’s attention away from the feel of Josie in his arms. A cat? Where was the rascal? He hated cats with a passion—more than he hated buttermilk or persimmons. The animals always stared at him with hate in their little evil, glittering eyes.

When he lowered Josie, she thrust a kitten under his nose and announced, “Look what I brought.”

“I see.” He took a step back and returned the ball of fur’s stare with one of equal dislike. In his opinion, all cats were devil-possessed, just waiting to steal someone’s breath or put a curse on him.

He was cursed enough.

And this one was black—the worst kind.

“Oh, Luke, Rafael likes you.” Josie beamed.

Great. “Where did you get him and where have you been? I’ve looked all over for you.”

She told him about Ada and that Lucy had given her the cat to repay her.

“I’m glad you could help out but I wish you’d taken time to tell someone or leave a note or something.” He raked his hands through his hair.

“I know, but I didn’t think I had a moment to waste. I’m sorry.”

Josie glanced up and he fell into the depths of her brownish-green gaze. Heated desire in her eyes made him forget about the lost day and his search. He even forgot about the damn cat. All he could think about was getting her somewhere private.

“What are you going to do with…Rafael?” Why in the heck had she named the cat that, anyway? There were books full of nothing but names. Far better ones than his, for God’s sake.

“Keep him, of course.”

“Of course.” Why didn’t he think of that? He shifted his gaze to the cat and it hissed. The feeling was mutual, he thought sourly.

“I want to hear about the fight with Munroe O’Keefe,” she said, dragging his attention back to her. “Tell me what happened.”

“Nothing to tell. He’s in a grave. That’s all that matters.”

Josie laid a hand on his chest. “It’s not even a quarter of what matters. I see the pain your eyes. I know it cost you.”

“Yeah, well, it’s over and done. No need to dwell on it.”

“We’ll talk about it later. Where’s my roan?”

“At the shack. I figure we’ll sleep there again since it’s getting late and head out tomorrow. I think we’ve learned all we’re going to here.” He helped her onto the gelding, bared his teeth at the cat in her arms, then climbed up behind her.

“Where will we go when we leave?” she asked.

“Back to the Lone Star. I want to see how Noah’s doing. I need time to think and plan my next move.”

She squirmed, grinding her bottom against him to get comfortable. Luke gritted his teeth and focused on his numbers. Two plus two equaled six. No, four. Five plus five was ten. Oh, dear Lord. Sweat popped out on his forehead. Josie Morgan was going to drive him straight into an early grave, he decided. He draped an arm across her chest and pulled her snug against him.

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