Wyoming Cowboy Marine by Nicole Helm

Author:Nicole Helm
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-01-11T13:56:48+00:00

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THE PACE WAS PUNISHING. Sometimes Hilly had to jog to keep up. They seemed to walk in circles, up mountains and down, and yet the terrain all looked the same and she couldn’t help but wonder if this man was just trying to walk them to the point of delirium.

If Cam had any similar reservations, they didn’t show. She had to admit it was impressive how he’d sounded when he’d talked to the man. Like someone else.

Impressive, but also scary. Which one was the real Cam? Much as she figured it was the one she knew, the fact he could put on such a convincing mask, and so easily...

Well, it didn’t matter as long as he led her to her father. End of story.

“My wife’s getting a little tired,” Cam said to the man leading them.

Hilly was surprised, both at the odd jolt the word wife gave her, and at the fact Cam had noticed how hard she was struggling when he hadn’t looked back at her once.

“Sounds like a you problem.” But the man stopped, pulling a water bottle out of his pack.

Cam did the same, but instead of taking a drink, he handed it to her. Hilly took it and sipped, hoping the longer she took to drink, the longer they could rest. God, she wished she could sit down, but the man was staring at her.

Hilly shifted and looked away, but she could feel his gaze still on her. There was an intensity to his stare that made shaky nerves work through her body. She didn’t feel threatened, so to speak. She felt seen through. Like he could read every last fact about her with that long, intimidating glare.

“We’re almost there,” he said after a while.

When Hilly dared glance at him again, he was filling a small plastic bowl with water. He whistled Free over, and the dog happily trotted to him and began to drink the water. It was a nice gesture, but that only made her more nervous.

She glanced at Cam. For the first time, the eager mask he’d been wearing the whole time had fallen, and he looked grim and suspicious. In his hands he held his own bowl for Free, though he hadn’t filled it.

“You’ve got a good dog here,” the man said, running a hand over Free’s head. He glanced up and locked eyes with Hilly.

Again, it wasn’t threatening in a way that made sense to Hilly, but she wished she’d left Free with the Delaneys. Wished she’d done so many things differently, because the man kept looking at her, not Cam. Something wasn’t right about that, considering even with Cam’s act, it was pretty clear he’d be more of a threat to the man than Hilly.

“She’s the best,” Cam said proudly, his mask back in place.

“Quiet one you got here,” the man said, nodding to Hilly, and his brown eyes never left her face. “What did you say your name was again?”

Cam opened his mouth, but the man held up a hand.

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