Dalton Boys Box Set Books 1-5 (The Dalton Boys) by Petrova Em

Author:Petrova, Em [Petrova, Em]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Big day ahead of us, boy. Up into that saddle you go.” Witt hoisted Alex into the saddle of their calmest horse. With the child riding ahead of him for this cattle roundup, he wasn’t taking any chances.

“Can I hold the reins?” Alex asked.

“Not yet. Let me get in the saddle behind you and after a spell, I’ll let you have the reins.”

“Yippee!” Alex’s squeal sent Beck’s horse into a bucking fit.

His brother held on with one hand, using the other to balance himself as the animal whipped him. Hank and Cash whooped with laughter and Kade shook his head.

“Are we gonna do that?” Alex asked Witt.

“Absolutely not.” He slid into the saddle behind the boy and tugged him against his chest to give him a stable seat. Wrapping the reins around his gloved fist, he said to Alex, “Now the way you get him moving is important. You don’t want to frighten him or he’ll take off or throw you. I want you to click to him nice and low, like this.” He clicked.

Alex imitated him.

“A little louder, son.”

Alex made the noise again and the horse started moving. Giggles of glee burst from Alex as they made their way across the field. Witt’s brothers caught up to him.

Hank’s smile was wide when he trotted up. “Having a good time?”

“The best! Witt’s awesome with horses.”

“He is. Witt’s one of the best Daltons with animals. You’re mighty lucky to be riding with Witt. I can’t wait to get my son in the saddle.”

“He’s just a baby,” Alex scoffed.

“Yeah, but he already has his first pair of cowboy boots. So he’ll be ready when the time comes.”

As Hank and Alex bantered back and forth, Witt’s mind wandered back to the house—and to Shelby. He could still smell her on his fingers though he’d washed several times. He loved having her essence soaked into his pores. When she’d screamed her last orgasm, he’d scooped her against him and swallowed her cries.

The temperatures seemed to rise about twenty degrees. He turned his attention to the talk.

“See that herd up ahead? They’ve been grazing a long time,” Cash said to Alex.

The boy nodded, his head thumping Witt’s chest. His heart blossomed with warmth.

“It’s time to get the cows out of the pastures and into the chute.”

“What’s that?”

“It’s a tunnel of sorts. We ride all in a row and let the horses push the cows into the chute. Then they are stuck in a pen,” Witt explained.

“Bet they don’t like that.”

They probably didn’t like being loaded on a truck and made into someone’s steak dinner either, but Witt wasn’t ready to tell Alex that. He’d been worried enough about the pork the other night. If the boy spent a little more time on the ranch, he’d learn the ways soon enough.

Witt wanted him on the ranch more—and his mother.

The next few hours were spent herding the cows down the valley, zigzagging his horse behind to get all the strays into the group. Alex accepted the reins and took his part very seriously.

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