Blazing Texas Nights by Victoria Thompson

Author:Victoria Thompson [Thompson, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adult, Adult Fiction, Adult Romance, Bestseller, Caroline Fyffe, Caroline Hanson, Carolyn McCray, Comanche, Comanche Indians, Cowboy, Cowboy Romance, Cowboy Romance Series, Fiction, General, General Fiction, genre fiction, Genre Romance, Happy Ending, HEA, Historical, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Historical Romance Series, Historical Series, Historical Western Romance, Historical Western Romance Series, Kendrick/Coulter, Light Romance, Linda Lael Miller, Literature, Literature & Fiction, Man-Woman Relationships, Montana Creeds, New York Times Bestseller, Romance, Romance Fiction, Romance Novel, Romance Series, Sensual Romance, Southern Romance, Steamy Romance, Texans, Texas, Texas Glory, Texas History, Texas Rangers, Texas Romance, Texas Trilogy, Victoria Thompson, Western, Western Historical Romance, Western Romance, Western Romance Series, Western Series
ISBN: 9781625174185
Google: D-5rAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0821736892
Publisher: NYLA
Published: 1992-03-01T06:00:00+00:00

She awoke from the faint to find herself lying on the couch. Juanita crouched beside her, waving the foul smelling salts beneath her nose.

A dream, she told herself. It had been a terrible nightmare, but when she saw the tears streaking Juanita’s face, she knew it was only too true, the horror too real. Unable to witness Juanita’s grief, she looked away and saw Cal standing over them, his face gray, his eyes still bleak. Instinctively, she reached for him, and he came close, taking her hand in both of his. He knelt beside Juanita, and the three of them huddled together for a moment.

The words were bitter in her mouth, but she had to ask, she had to know. “What happened? Tell me everything.”

Unable to meet her eye, Cal looked down at her hand which he still held. “Like I said, Brad got out of the buggy to clear the road. Somebody was waiting for him. I found the place, but it had been swept clean of tracks.” His voice grew steadier as he explained, as if reducing the tragedy to a list of facts made it somehow more bearable. “He took a shotgun blast full in the chest.”

Leah cried out in anguish, covering her mouth with her free hand to hold back the sobs because if she started crying now, she would never stop.

“He never knew what hit him, Leah,” he assured her urgently. “He didn’t feel a thing.”

She nodded, absurdly grateful for that small mercy. “And Espy?”

“The shot must’ve scared the horse or something. Anyway, it bolted, and the buggy flipped over. She... her neck was broke.”

Somehow this made it worse, knowing Espy and the tiny life she carried had been unintended victims. The darkness beckoned again, but this time Leah resisted its sweet oblivion, clinging tightly to Cal’s hand as if it held her to reality.

“Who did it, Cal?” she pleaded. “Who could have done such a thing? And why?”

“Nobody knows,” he told her grimly. “Like I said, the place had been swept clean, and I couldn’t find any tracks. They’ve sent for the county sheriff.”

“He’ll find whoever did this,” she said, but even she could hear the doubt in her voice. If Cal hadn’t been able to find a clue, how could the sheriff?

Cal squeezed her hand and said, “Some folks are coming from town. The women said to wait until they got here. They’ll take care of everything.”

Leah nodded, feeling the tears coming and unable to stop them. They flooded her eyes and streamed down her cheeks. Beside her Juanita sobbed softly, and Leah wondered vaguely how men could keep from crying, how they could bear the pain without the tears. Poor Cal, he’d had Brad so briefly, and now he had nothing at all.

She squeezed his hand even more tightly as the first sob shook her, and then she was in his arms, weeping against his chest, finding the comfort he always offered and giving some in return. They clung to each other

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