DuBois, Edith - Rugged Salvation [Rugged Savage Valley, Colorado 3] (Siren Publishing M?nage Everlasting) by Edith DuBois

Author:Edith DuBois [DuBois, Edith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-01-12T09:14:07+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Damn, it’s really coming down out there,” Johnny said from the window, and Jeremiah glanced up from Marina’s dancing fingers. They’d been trying out some alternate tunings with a few of Marina’s lyrics. He’d taught her an intricate picking pattern, and she’d come up with a quirky vocal melody that they’d been messing around with.

As if the electricity had been listening to Johnny, the lights flickered off and then on and then off again. They waited for a moment, but the room stayed dark.

“I’ll get candles from the storage closet,” Johnny said, and Jeremiah could hear him clomping across the wooden floor.

“You checked the animals when you got here?” James asked.

“Yep. Reba’s here, too.”

“Wait, is that the fox?” Marina asked.

“Yeah. You know about Reba?”

Marina smiled to herself. Of all the odds, she thought with a shake of her head. “Michelle told me y’all rescued her.”

When Johnny came back a few minutes later and lit a few of the candles, James turned the radio on. “Noah and Bryce will probably have something to say about this.”

“You think they’ll be broadcasting?”

“They’ll figure something out.” James fiddled with the knob and wiggled the antenna back and forth. Jeremiah heard a few clips and phrases break through the fuzz but nothing that sounded like Noah and Bryce’s station.

After minutes of searching, Jeremiah said, “Just leave it alone. I doubt those two would go out just for an hour or two of pirate radio.”

“Pirate radio?” Marina’s hushed plucking came to an abrupt halt. “Y’all have a pirated radio station here?”

“Of course,” Jeremiah said.

“Y’all are so weird.”

“Hello, ladies and gentlemen—” a voice boomed through the dimly lit room.

“Here we are,” James said, placing the radio on the wooden dresser next to the bed.

“Or should we say lions, ladies, and bears—”

“Oh my!”

Marina giggled and then whispered, “They know?”

Jeremiah nodded.

“Are they…?”

He nodded again but put a finger to his lips in a quieting gesture.

“We hope you’re having a lovely blackout. I’m…not Noah Strong—”

“And I’m…not Bryce Sullivan—”

“And you’re listening to Savage Valley’s very own pirate radio.”

“All illegal. All the time.”

“Oh, and if Mayor Cash and Sheriff Kinman are listening, well, we hope they’re having a good time during their blackout.”

“And considering the recent arrival of their, uh, new friends, we’re sure they’re going to have a very, very good time.”

“Bryce? What are you suggesting?”

“Nothing, Noah, nothing at all. Well, maybe just that the blackout’s a little more fun if you’re with someone.”

“Aw, well, Bryce, I didn’t know you felt that way. I’m honored, but I don’t—”

“That’s not what I meant, Strong.”

“Well, while Bryce and I discuss this little revelation of his feelings, how about you folks enjoy a little bit of Wanda Jack—”

“Oh no, you don’t. It’s my turn to pick the song.”

“What do you mean?”

Marina giggled as the two hosts scuffled for control over the next song. “Are they always like this?” she asked. “Or is the snow making them extra frisky?”

Bryce’s voice erupted into the room as he rushed to get his words out. “Now folks, here’s Eagle-Eye Cherry with the nineties hit, ‘Save Tonight.

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