Twilight in Texas by Jodi Thomas

Author:Jodi Thomas
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Romance, Western
ISBN: 9781101645161
Publisher: Jove
Published: 2001-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

Wolf pushed himself to exhaustion. He rode after the Digger brothers at twice the speed he normally tracked. He told himself it was the need to catch the killers, but deep inside, he knew he had to put distance between himself and Molly’s dreams.

After the night by her side, he had no doubt she was in love with Benjamin. He should be elated that their chance meeting years ago had made such an impact, but all he could think of was she’d never love him as Wolf. He’d believed their friendship would have a chance to grow, but after he’d shaved and held her, he doubted it. She had her lover. Dressed as Wolf, he’d never be more than a friend.

At sunset he stopped, knowing only a fool would try to track by moonlight. He made camp and tried to relax, but the memory of Molly so close against him kept him awake long after midnight. All he had to do was close his eyes and he was back on the third floor of Granny’s with Molly by his side.

But he didn’t want a dream lover, as she obviously did. He needed a real flesh-and-blood woman staring at him, good or bad, in broad daylight.

Yet each night the ache for her pounded through his body. He told himself it would lessen, but a week later he could tell no difference.

Two weeks passed and, still, the need to feel her by his side throbbed like an open wound across his heart. A hundred times, he fought to keep from turning back. He told himself he’d shave again and lie beside her. He’d walk into her dreams as he had before. If he could have nothing else of Molly, he’d have that.

But duty drove him on. Blind, frustrating loyalty to a course he knew was right. No matter how much he ached inside for her, Wolf knew he’d never be able to make love to her unless he first did his job. He’d never forgive himself if others died because he hadn’t tried his best to find the Digger brothers.

By the end of the third week, it was obvious the brothers were well aware he followed. They were basically a lazy pair who wouldn’t have traveled so far or fast if they felt safe. They tried to cover tracks, but their bungling made the trail even easier to follow.

Wolf concentrated on finding them. They were covering familiar ground, for the pair seemed to know this part of Texas better than he did. First, they rode west past the fort lines where roads crisscrossed the countryside. Then the outlaws doubled back and skirted the Hill Country, where hunting was good and hideouts plentiful among the rocks and uneven terrain.

If the Diggers made one mistake—backtracked because of a swollen river, or took a wrong turn into a box canyon—he would catch them. But their luck held into the fourth week.

Early fall chilled the air. Wolf pulled his saddle off, hobbled his horse, and rubbed the red down with dried grass.

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