Taming a Dark Horse by Stella Bagwell

Author:Stella Bagwell [Bagwell, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: C429, Kat, Extratorrents
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2006-01-15T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Linc hadn’t been kidding about the trail turning treacherous. The path was nothing more than a narrow, winding ledge. In several places the earth had washed away to leave gaping cracks. If Nevada allowed herself to look she could see the distant, rocky ground below. But she tried not to look at the danger and simply focused on putting one foot safely in front of the other.

More than once during their downward descent, Nevada desperately wanted to grab on to Linc’s waist and hold on for dear life. But she figured he would resent that intimate sort of contact. And after the fragile truce they’d made, she didn’t want to have him thinking she was deliberately trying to stir the ashes left behind by the hot kiss they’d shared.

Thankfully, the trail suddenly widened and then they were stepping down onto a wide ledge of solid rock. The sound of tinkling water immediately caught Nevada’s attention and she looked to her far left to see a small waterfall pouring over a rim of red rock. About ten feet below, the crystal-clear water pooled in a large dished-out spot that was framed with rocks and dead wood.

“Oh! How absolutely beautiful!” Nevada exclaimed. “Where is the water coming from? The snow melt is over for this summer.”

He pointed upward to a crease in the mountain. “There’s a natural spring up there. As far as I know it’s never gone dry.”

Totally enchanted, Nevada released her safety hold on his belt loops and walked closer to the waterfall.

“I don’t know much about the outdoors, but it must be unusual to find a spring in this arid climate. We’re not totally desert here by any means, but we’re not living in a tropical zone either.”

Linc walked up beside her. “You’re right. I think it is an oddity. On all the thousands of acres on this ranch, I’ve never discovered another one.”

She tilted her head to look up at him and there was a sparkle of pleasure in her eyes that made Linc’s stomach do a funny little turn.

“This is just wonderful, Linc,” Nevada went on. “Thank you for bringing me here.” She glanced around for a place to sit down. “Would it be okay if we rested a few minutes before we start back? I’m not as much of a mountain goat as I thought.”

“Sure. Just don’t get too close to the edge of the bluff. It’s a long drop over. I doubt anything could survive it. Not even a mountain goat.”

A few feet away, a fallen log rested near the wall of mountain. Linc gestured toward it. “Let’s sit here.”

She nodded at his suggestion and the two of them found a comfortable seat on the dead pine trunk.

Nevada sighed with pleasure as she stretched her legs out in front of her and wiped once again at the sweat trickling at her temples.

“I never dreamed there would be a place like this around here,” she said as she gazed at the splendorous view before them. “You can see the meadow from here.

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