Spring Meadow Sanctuary by Lynnette Bonner

Author:Lynnette Bonner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian;Christian Fiction;Christian historical fiction;Christian romance;Christian historical romance;Christian western;Christian western romance;Inspirational;Inspirational romance;Inspirational fiction; Inspirational western romance;Inspirational historical romance;historical fiction;historical romance;historical western romance;western fiction;western romance;clean and wholesome;clean and wholesome romance;clean;sweet; clean romance;sweet romance;based on actual events;Cowboy romance;Cowboy;Victorian era;American west
Publisher: Pacific Lights Publishing
Published: 2021-09-02T20:05:22+00:00

Chapter Ten

Cade murmured something low and menacing that Sharyah didn’t quite catch. She looked at him, but he was already yanking his bandana from around his neck and reaching for her arm. “Judge,” he glanced over his shoulder at the gray-haired man who cowered behind the butter churn, mouth slack, “I need to get us out of this kitchen. We’re too exposed here. Is there another room we could move to that doesn’t have so many windows?” As he spoke he tied the bandana tightly around her arm just above the wound.

The older man seemed to give himself a shake. “Right this way.”

Sharyah started to stand to follow him, but Cade settled one hand on her forearm. “Stay low.” He dipped his chin and held her gaze, not moving his hand until she nodded that she understood.

Judge Green led them to a small parlor that had only one round window set high in the peak of the gable.

“Thank you.” Cade spoke to the Judge even as he motioned her into one of the chairs and reached for her arm once more.

Her whole body trembled now and she couldn’t figure out why. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I’m shaking, so. I think it’s just a scratch.”

He paused and touched her cheek. “The trembling is normal. Just a reaction to the close call. You’ll be fine in a few minutes. Let me look at your arm here.” His jaw bunched and he swallowed hard, as he rolled up her sleeve and probed the area around the bullet wound on her forearm with gentle fingers. After a moment he let out a sigh. “Thank God, you’re right. It’s just a scratch.”

Missy Green appeared, a roll of clean white bandages and a pair of scissors in her hands. But even as her friend set to wrapping her arm Sharyah couldn’t take her eyes off of Cade who now paced the room like the caged bear she’d seen at a traveling circus one time. He kept glancing at her as he paced, and if his face turned any whiter, Sharyah was afraid he would faint dead away onto the floor.

A sudden thought struck her. “You weren’t hit too, were you?”

He stilled. “Me. No. I’m fine. Just—” He glanced at Missy and apparently changed his mind about what he’d been ready to say. “I need you to quickly tell the Greens why we came, so we can get out of here before whoever took that shot at you can summon reinforcements.”

“Okay.” As Missy finished bandaging her arm and stepped away, Sharyah smoothed her skirts and looked toward the Judge leaning with one shoulder propped into the parlor doorway. “My suspicions have been confirmed now, I suppose. But I couldn’t shake the impression that I needed to talk to you about a paper I saw earlier in the week when I was with the Rodale Gang.”

Judge Green straightened. “Yes?”

“I didn’t have enough time to read it. But they, well – maybe Katrina Perry? – had a letter addressed to you.

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