Wilder Than the Rest: MacLarens of Fire Mountain by Shirleen Davies

Author:Shirleen Davies [Davies, Shirleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780989677387
Google: IQrGoAEACAAJ
Amazon: 0989677389
Publisher: Avalanche Ranch Press LLC
Published: 2014-05-31T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Pierce finished dressing in his comfortable ranch clothes then hurried down the stairs. The last thing he needed was to run into Mollie on his way to the Pound residence. She wasn’t a part of tonight’s activities, and he’d been careful to keep his plans from her.

Lee had arranged for a horse to be waiting behind a hotel where his carriage driver dropped him off. Pierce walked through the hotel lobby, out the back door, and around the corner where the horse was saddled and waiting. It would take less time to maneuver the busy streets on horseback than to go by carriage or use one of the horsecars, which most residents rode and were always crowded. His forty-five Peacemaker was hidden in the special holster Noah had sent, and for the first time in weeks, Pierce felt like himself.

It didn’t take long to reach his destination. He rode to the back of the property then tied his horse to a post another block away and hidden from the main street. He’d get in and out before anyone discovered his presence. There were to be just a few guests and he’d seen no guards posted, as was the case at the Mayor’s Ball. No one was expecting trouble tonight. Truth was, Pierce didn’t want any trouble either, just a clean visit without being discovered.

His dark clothes concealed his tall, lean frame as he traversed the short distance through the shrubs and crouched below a well-lit window on one side of the mayor’s house. Laughter and conversation flowed from the room, which he guessed was either the dining room or parlor. He looked around and smiled at his luck. There were several large trees within a few feet of the house. The one closest to him had large branches that spread out and touched the upper windows near a second-story balcony. Lee had told him the library, which served as the mayor’s office, was downstairs. The mayor also had a small, private study on the second floor. He needed to check both.

Pierce dropped to the ground at the sound of voices near the window.

“How long will you be in the city, Lee?” It was the mayor’s voice.

“Weeks or months, neither Eva nor I have decided.”

“She’s a beautiful woman, a little mysterious for my tastes, but no doubt a most gracious companion. I don’t have to tell you how lucky you are.”

“No, Mayor, you don’t.”

“Supper is served,” a servant announced.

Pierce could make out the sound of footfalls as everyone moved to the dining room. He stood and peered through the window into the parlor then stooped low to silently traverse the perimeter of the house. He needed to locate the library, then find the upstairs study. The library was on the other side of the kitchen, on the opposite side of the house from where he’d started. Pierce reached up and tried the window, relieved to discover it hadn’t been secured. To his relief, it made no noise as he lifted the double-hung window.

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