Outlawed! by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels [Daniels, B.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781459275553
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2011-07-15T07:00:00+00:00

COOPER AWOKE WITH A start to find Crazy Jack leaning over him in the dark, whinnying softly. He pushed aside the horse's muzzle and reached for the .45 he kept tucked under his pillow. Sitting up in the sleeping bag he'd rolled out near a large old pine, he brought the pistol up with him at the sound of footfalls approaching his camp. He could see boots coming around the end of the camper. Shaking off the last of his deep sleep, he tightened his grip on the pistol, ready for whatever trouble might be coming.

The figure stepped into view. At first he didn't recognize her. Then he saw her dark silhouette against the yard light leaking around the camper. He quickly slipped the pistol back under his pillow, but not before she'd seen it.

"Do you always sleep armed?" Delaney asked.

Her tone was cautious, suspicious, worried, almost angry. Things he didn't want her to be.

He laughed softly, grinning up at her, turning up the charm the same way he turned up the lantern near his sleeping bag. "Like Jared Kincaid said, you never know when some sidewinder will wander into your camp."

She smiled at that, but her body was still rigid, her attitude tense. He studied her face in the lantern light. She wasn't so sure he wasn't a snake who'd wandered into her camp.

He leaned back, trying to put her at ease. "Jared Kincaid seems to have staked a claim on you," he said, surprised he'd said it, since he hadn't meant to. But he was curious what role the rancher played in Delaney Lawson's life. He assured himself he only wanted to know because of business. He had to know everything about Delaney to get his job done here. "Kincaid seems a little old for you."

She laughed. "Don't beat around the bush, McLeod. Why don't you just come out and ask me if Jared and I ever were an item?"

"Were you?" he asked, surprised how much he wanted the answer to be no.

"It's none of your business," she said, shaking her head at him. "Do you always butt into other people's lives this way, or is it just my life you find so fascinating?"

"I believe you're the one who walked into my bedroom," he remarked as he sat up, shoving the bedroll down around his waist. Delaney quickly averted her gaze from his naked upper torso and glanced around the camp as if she wasn't sure what to look at. It was the first time he'd seen her uncomfortable, and he smiled, realizing he liked the hint of vulnerability he'd glimpsed.

"I wouldn't have come over here if your damned horse hadn't scared ten years off my life," she said angrily, turning on her heels and stomping toward the ranch house. "Why don't you feed the poor old nag?"

Crazy Jack let out a whinny. "She didn't mean it," Cooper said to the horse loud enough for Delaney to hear. "I think she really likes you."

Delaney let loose an oath right before she slammed the front door of the ranch house.

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