The Texan's Bride
“Branch eyed the anvil-shaped storm, wishing it had built a day earlier and fifty miles east. Perhaps then his head wouldn’t still be ringing with the sounds of gunshots. Maybe then he wouldn’t be so worried about Katie.Sheriff Strickland had sent the message just after noon yesterday, and Branch had little choice but to leave her alone at the inn. Honeymoon or no, Deputy Kincaid was needed in San Augustine because rumors of a showdown between the Regulators and the Moderators had reached the sh...eriff’s ears, and Strickland wanted one of his own men there to send a warning if the fight looked to be spreading to Nacogdoches.Despite her arguments, Branch had known that Katie would be safer at home than in town when destructive passions were running high. It had surprised him how difficult leaving her behind turned out to be, and he hadn’t liked that one bit.After all, he’d be leaving for good in a week or so.Now as his time away from Gallagher’s neared the twenty-four-hour mark, he told himself that as long as Katie had managed all right, the trip had been worth the effort.MoreLess
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