Read Broken Trails Online

Authors: D Jordan Redhawk

Broken Trails (48 page)

BOOK: Broken Trails
5.68Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
ads

"If it makes you feel like this, it isn't. Tell me."

Scotch reached up and took her hand, holding it tightly. With an obvious effort she forced herself to look at Lainey. "What's going to happen to us?"

Lainey blinked. In her mind, her plans for she and Scotch was already a foregone conclusion. The solution she had thought of on the trail seemed so right for both of them that she forgot she had not discussed it with Scotch. A relieved smile crossed her face and she dropped her head to rest it on Scotch's shoulder.

"I've got some ideas," she began.

 

EPILOGUE

LAINEY TOOK OFF her straw hat and used a kerchief to wipe the sweat from her face. Damn, spending nearly a year in Alaska certainly screwed up her inner thermostat. The mercury had not even reached eighty-five and she felt as if she were melting into a puddle. What would it be like in the full heat of summer?

Around her, villagers with yellow skin and round faces gathered, chattering in their native language with her guides. One of them, Ngawang, stood near her interpreting. They were surprised to see visitors here. That the strangers searched for a rare plant was even more bizarre. Most who came here were distant relations for the annual festival or the military searching out bandits. The women, dressed in layered skirts and scarves, smiled in their nervousness as they studied her. Men, being men, snorted at the new arrivals as if to say nothing good could be said about such craziness.

All of them, however, were far more interested in her companion than her, having rarely seen her coloring.

Scotch towered over the small people, listening to one of their guides with an intent frown. Someone made a crude joke about her golden skin and blue eyes, not realizing until the last minute that his words were being translated to the foreigner. The gathering collectively held their breath. Would the woman be offended at the rash speech of one of their people? Instead, she looked across the villagers to Lainey and smiled.

Deciding these strange women were honored visitors, the head man urged his wife forward to invite them to a feast. Since the invitation was given to Scotch, she accepted for the both of them.

Lainey grinned, seeing that ever present confidence in her partner shining forth. Next year they would return to Alaska to train for the Iditarod. Meanwhile, there was an entire world to show Scotch and Lainey looked forward to escorting her anywhere her heart desired.

 

 

 

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ELEVEN

BOOK: Broken Trails
5.68Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
ads

Other books

Young Bleys - Childe Cycle 09 by Gordon R Dickson
The Curse of the King by Peter Lerangis
Highland Shapeshifter by Clover Autrey
Dark's Descent by Basil Bacorn
Amber Beach by Elizabeth Lowell
Bottom Feeder by Maria G. Cope
The Hunted by Gloria Skurzynski
Listen! (9780062213358) by Tolan, Stephanie S.
Please Undo This Hurt by Seth Dickinson