Wild Forever by Cat Cahill

Author:Cat Cahill [Cahill, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cat Cahill
Published: 2019-07-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

By the time Ben spotted Penny crossing the railroad tracks, he’d set up the perfect place for target practice. It was situated well enough away from the blacksmith’s shop that they couldn’t be seen from there. And being hard at work, the smithy shouldn’t hear them either. The general store was another matter, but the place looked closed up when Ben had walked by, as if no one was home. They’d likely gone up to the hotel for supper. It was a clear, cold evening, and while there was some snow on the ground, no new flurries fell.

As he waited for her to approach, he was glad he’d checked in with his men earlier. Well, at least with Harry and Eli. Tiller was nowhere to be found. Harry suggested the man was blowing off steam in the mining camp a few miles to the east of Crest Stone. That was all well and good with Ben, so long as Tiller was ready to work again in the morning.

Penny cast a worried glance back toward the hotel when she arrived.

“No one can see you from here,” Ben said. “It’s too far, and besides, the smithy shop blocks most of the view.”

She nodded, apparently appeased. Then she looked up, the hood of her coat thrown back and her beautiful green eyes focused on nothing but him.

The sheer trust in her face rendered him speechless for a moment. “I wish I’d taught Adelaide,” he finally said. Those words were perhaps more honest than he’d intended, but at the same time, saying them out loud lifted something inside him.

“You still can,” Penny said.

How he hoped she was right.

“Has your sister always lived with you in town?” she asked.

“No. My parents sent her over the summer, hoping she’d act more the lady in a new place. She settled in well, but Adelaide isn’t one to be tamed.” He paused a moment, watching the breeze lift strands of Penny’s golden-brown hair that had fallen around her face. “She’s a lot like you.”

“Sir, are you calling me wild?” A corner of her mouth lifted.

“As a newborn colt, Dragon.”

“I should slap you, but I really want to learn how to use those things.” She pointed at the guns on his hips. “Teach me to shoot something.”

Ben laughed. “Are you right-handed?”

“I am.” She shrugged off her coat and hood despite the cold, then untied her apron and tossed all of it on the ground. Something about that careless action made him smile. She wasn’t a woman who bothered much with frills or perfection. When he’d said she was brave, he’d meant to say about nine hundred other things, and the last thing he’d meant to do was insult her. But he couldn’t quite seem to find the right way to tell her that he found it incredible she could both be domestic and have a love for adventure. That she could create beautiful things but not care a whit about dirt on her apron.

Penny May was a curious blend of a woman, and all it did was make Ben want to know every single little thing about her.

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