Yellowstone Redemption (Yellowstone Romance Series Book 2) by Henderson Peggy L

Author:Henderson, Peggy L [Henderson, Peggy L]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Chase coughed and spat blood on the ground. Dammit, Russell. Why’d you have to act like such a jerk again?

Still sitting on the ground, he slowly worked his britches up his legs. Even the slightest movement in every one of his limbs sent currents of pain through his system. Sarah had put his moccasins on for him, too, he noticed, and at closer inspection, bandages were wrapped around his feet. He glanced over at her. She stood some ten yards away, talking quietly to a horse. Her soft voice carried on the breeze, and he strained his ear to listen. He couldn’t understand what she said. She must be speaking in Shoshone, but the melody of her voice had a soothing effect not only on the horse, but on him as well.

She lifted a hand to pat the horse on the head. Her olive complexion was in stark contrast against the horse’s white face, her raised arm enhancing her slim, toned upper limbs. The sleeves of her shirt were missing, he realized suddenly. Chase looked at the bandages on his feet again. It’s because of her that your sorry ass is even alive, Russell. Thoughts and visions of Sarah had gotten him through this ordeal, and now she’d used whatever resource was available to help him again.

“I love you, Angel,” he muttered under his breath, and watched her stroke the horse’s long neck. She turned her head toward him, and he stiffened. She couldn’t have heard him. He wanted to say the words out loud, tell her what she meant to him. He couldn’t bring himself to do it.

“Are you dressed?” she called.

“Yeah,” he managed to reply in a normal voice. She walked over to him, her face set in stone.

“Can you try to stand?”

“Sure,” he answered with a bitter laugh. “And then I’ll walk back to the cabin, no sweat.”

“We have a horse,” Sarah stated matter-of-factly.

“I’ve never sat on a horse in my life. How the hell am I even supposed to get on that thing?” God, he felt like an invalid. He knew what condition his feet were in. This morning, when those damn Indians found him, he’d been going on pure adrenaline. That had worn off now, leaving him exhausted and feeling every cut and scrape. Each time he moved, the sensation of needles jabbing into his soles made him want to give in and scream like a girl. If there was ever a good time to get drunk, now was it.

“If you can stand, and climb on that boulder over there,” she pointed towards the trees, “you can get on her back.”

Chase stared up into Sarah’s expectant eyes. He inhaled deeply, his lungs and ribs protesting the expansion. That boulder was no more than twenty yards away, but the distance looked daunting at the moment. “Sure Angel. No problem.” How the hell was he supposed to sit on a horse and stay on? Reluctantly, Chase realized there were no other modes of transportation, and he’d have to endure this inconvenience as well as everything else he’d put up with so far.

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