Loving a Rebel (The Preacher's Daughters) by Linda Ford

Author:Linda Ford [Ford, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crocus Mountain Publishing

Flora followed the entourage inside. Pa carried Mrs. Norwood—Stella. Ma carried Blossom, but Donny insisted he could walk. Kade helped Eagle Pete as far as the door then indicated he should remain there. Kade said something to the man but she didn’t hear what.

Eagle Pete sank to the floor. “Don’t blame me ’cause I told the truth.”

Flora’s sisters crowded around her asking what happened. Did Eagle Pete really threaten her and had she truly spent two days—and nights—with Kade?

“He’s very handsome,” Josie said.

“I kept telling you not to act so wild,” Eve whispered.

Flora did her best to ignore them as her mind raced down one trail and then another seeking an escape from Pa’s edict that she and Kade marry.

She paused in the hallway. Perhaps she could slip out the back door and disappear.

But Ma emerged from the bedroom where Stella and Blossom had been taken. “Flora, you go on upstairs and change into something decent.”

Eagle Pete snorted amusement.

Flora scowled at him and patted the pocket of her trousers. “Still got my gun.”

“Flora.” Ma sounded shocked. “Are you threatening to shoot a man? In the manse. Lord, have mercy.”

“Mercy? For him but not for me?”

“I’ll take the gun.” Kade held out his hand.

“I’m sorry.” She meant because he was being forced to marry her. She couldn’t say what he was thinking, but the way he held her gaze eased away some of the tension tightening her insides. She handed him the gun.

“Don’t hesitate to shoot him if he tries to escape.”

“You are a vicious gal,” Eagle Pete groused. “Guess I should be happy poor Kade is going to be stuck with you.”

Flora kicked his booted foot. “Lucky you.”

Flora marched toward the stairs.

“Do something with your hair,” Ma called.

Flora yanked the tie from her untidy braid and shook her hair, knowing it would be a wild tangle of curls.

“Now it really looks like she’s on fire,” Donny said.

It perfectly described how Flora felt. She would not marry a man who didn’t love her. But how was she to persuade Pa?

She continued up the stairs. Eve followed her into the bedroom they shared though all that separated them from the others in the open area was a curtain. Not that Flora minded. Her sisters were good friends, but at the moment, she could do without Eve’s downturned mouth. She knew before Eve spoke that she would scold her.

“How many times have I warned you that your actions would lead to disaster?”

“More times than I care to count. Don’t forget to add, Be sure your sins will find you out, and, Every choice taken has a consequence.”

“I think you’re learning the truth of those sayings. Unfortunately, you won’t get a chance to change soon enough to avoid a forced marriage.”

Flora could think of no reply that didn’t sound childish. And she wouldn’t let anyone know just how sorry she was to have arrived at this place. She stepped out of her trousers and hung them in the back of the wardrobe, hoping Ma wouldn’t remove them.

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