Rancher Seeks his Free Spirit (Bull Mountain Ranch Book 3) by Marley Michaels

Author:Marley Michaels [Michaels, Marley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

15

STARCHILD

I watch Landry run after a surprisingly fast Nelly before looking down at the duck he told me about, studying him as if trying to get a read on the animal.

"You don't seem that bad. Come 'ere, ducky."

"Quack!" he says, snapping toward my outstretched hand.

I jerk it back. "Well no, that's just rude."

"Quack!"

"You should be nice to everyone. Then they'll be nice to you," I say with my hands going to my hips.

"Quack?"

"Yes. You should. If they didn't like you, they would've had you for supper ages ago.” I wince. “Or somethin',” I mutter.

"Quaaack," he replies. I'm starting to think the damn bird understands what I'm saying. I shake my head because that's a dumb idea. He's a duck. He can't talk. Right?

Then the strangest thing happens because this time when I look at him and scan his little round head, I can make out a brown aura around it. "Hmm. Well, that's interestin'," I say to myself, and I guess to him. I haven't told anyone that I've started to get some of my powers back, or that it seems to be connected to spending more time with Landry. I still can't see my future or anything surrounding that though, but I'm a little relieved–OK, a lot–that I am starting to see some things now. Even duck auras, it seems.

"Quack!"

"Yes, it is interestin' because I haven't been able to see auras all that clearly lately, and I guess that's because of the Call. Maybe you can talk to your favorite mountain spirit about helping me out with that? But now that I'm here and close to the mountain, I can see yours. And it's brown, Duck Norris. Do you know what that means?"

"Quack?" I swear I can hear the question in his answer.

"It generally means you're a bit selfish and like to take. But if you helped bring soulmates together, that means you do like to give occasionally."

"Quack! Quack!"

Clomping footsteps divert my attention from the weird conversation I’m having with the homely-looking bird and I turn my head in time to see a heavy-breathing Landry heading our way.

"Quack!" Duck Norris says angrily, or maybe it was more like an "Oh no, I'm in trouble" quack because he starts hopping away, making his escape.

"Get that duck. He needs to learn to leave my poor Nelly alone!" he says. The duck darts around the side of the barn and I watch Landry change direction to cut him off. I move the opposite way, hoping that we'll corner him around the other side, except I find the bird standing around the other side with one of the cookies from the kitchen in his mouth.

“What in the–"

"There you are, you damn bird," Landry mutters as he goes to dive for the duck. But of course, the duck senses him coming and flaps his wings, somehow launching himself toward me. I step back to get out of the way and lose my balance, closing my eyes as I wait to hit the ground. But Landry catches me and slowly and softly lowers me onto my back.

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