Lassoing the Deputy by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-06-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The night was warm, but Alma was warmer. She felt like liquid fire in his arms.

At that moment, it occurred to Cash that he could very well have been going against all the forces of nature if he’d attempted to stop what he knew would happen next.

His lips touched hers and it was as if the nomadic journey his soul had been on these past five months had abruptly ended. Without knowing how, or having the benefit of a compass, he’d managed to sail into home port. All the feelings generated by truly coming home rained down on him, filling him.

The light touch of lips suddenly became far more than that.

The kiss deepened, feeding him, making him, however briefly, feel alive again after being so dead inside he’d occasionally take his own pulse just to convince himself that he was still among the living.

As he continued kissing her, Cash gathered her closer still. She lay beneath him on the ground and he tried to absorb whatever healing magic she had in her possession to give. He could feel her heart beating against his, or was that just his, slamming against hers?

Alma’s head was spinning even as every fiber in her body rejoiced. She forgot her vow never to allow herself to get close again, to open herself up to the pain destined to follow.

The exhaustion that had consumed her had mysteriously vanished. Every fiber of her body was alert, alive with a strong current of electricity surging through it.

Time and again, his mouth slanted over hers and she threaded her arms around Cash’s neck, holding him as close to her as she could, wanting to draw him into her.

To remember when he was gone.

Another crack of thunder all but exploded almost next to them, followed closely by a bolt of lightning that illuminated the sky directly above them. The jarring sound and light show was enough to marginally pull them apart.

“I think maybe we should find some shelter,” Cash whispered against her lips.

I already have, Alma thought. Out loud she said, “The barn’s close.”

So was the house, but someone might come in and find them there, she reasoned, and she wasn’t ready to go back to the boundaries that had been there just a few minutes ago. Not yet. Not until they were first completely breached.

“The barn,” he echoed in agreement.

Gaining his feet, Cash extended his hand to her to help her up. Another bolt of lightning streaked across the brow of the sky, turning night into day for less than half a heartbeat.

“Hey!” Gabe called, running toward them from the back porch of the ranch house. “Don’t either one of you have enough sense to get out of the rain?”

“It’s not raining,” Alma pointed out.

“Yet,” her brother underscored. “Right now, it’s sounding as if it’s going to pour at any minute.” There was hope in Gabe’s voice. The parched land could certainly do with a good soaking. “Besides, that last bolt of lightning looked as if it was only a few yards away from you.

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