Untamed Desire by Lindsay McKenna

Author:Lindsay McKenna [McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781459253926
Google: 0QYuAAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-16T17:48:12.296000+00:00

Chapter Eight

ICY WINDS ON the first day of November promised a bitterly cold winter, which was only a few weeks away. Storm stood looking out of a window at Bradford Outfitters, watching the clouds scudding by overhead. She folded her arms across her chest, feeling depressed. Ever since Jack’s fateful phone call, nothing seemed to be going right. Her flying schedule had become even heavier, and she was never teamed up with Jim, always with someone else. It had been over three weeks since she had last seen him.

Ray Leeper quietly entered the room and nodded shyly in Storm’s direction. She managed a small smile in response and returned to her own frustrated thoughts. A terrible loneliness had come over her and she closed her eyes against the pain. Was Jim avoiding her on purpose? Occasionally, she caught a glimpse of him, either entering a plane or walking with a group of hunters toward the closest bar. Despite the fact that she’d been working without a day off for several weeks, she was actually thankful for the work, which kept her from remembering the exquisite way Jim had made love to her. She sighed softly and walked over to the coffeepot to pour herself another cup.

Ray looked up from his flight plan. “Did you hear the latest?” he asked.

Storm sat down and stared gloomily over at him. “No. Don’t tell me we have a million more hunters who want to come up in the next two weeks.”

“Naw. It’s about Danziger.”

Storm groaned. “Don’t tell me he took another unscheduled day off.”

“Worse than that. Dan fired him for drinking while flying. I guess he was helping the hunters from Camp One consume the fifth of whiskey they’d brought along.”

“How did Danziger take it?”

Ray shook his sandy hand. “Not very well. If it hadn’t been for Jim, Dan might have ended up in the hospital.”

Storm inhaled sharply and stared hard at the pilot. “What?!”

“Yeah. It happened late last night. Didn’t you notice that some of the chairs in the main office are missing?”

“Yes, but I thought they were out getting cleaned or something.”

“Repaired, Storm.”

“Is Jim all right?”

“He’s got some swollen knuckles this morning. Danziger has a broken jaw.” Ray grinned, his green eyes twinkling. “It was a good fight. You should have been here.”

Distress crossed Storm’s features. “Why didn’t somebody say something sooner?! I’ve been here half an hour already.”

“Sorry. I thought you knew.”

Storm paced the length of the room, suddenly restless. “Is Jim home now?” she asked.

“Yeah. The boss told him to take the day off. It gets like this every year, Storm. Men’s tempers begin to fray at the edges from overwork. Danziger was probably just trying to ease the strain by taking a nip or two. And,” Ray added drily, studying the weather report, “Jim hasn’t exactly been easy to live with, either. In fact, he’s been like a bull elk in rutting season the last three weeks. Irritable and temperamental as all get out. Have you noticed?”

She shook her head and retraced her footsteps.

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