Des Was The Only Thing On Her Mind, And She Couldnât Get Him Out.
All Kitâs instincts were shouting at her that earlier this morning, with very little effort, her encounter with Des could have turned from anger to passion. And if it hadâ¦
So much had happened today that was bewildering. Someone had killed Cody, and the sheriff was looking at her as a suspect. Even stranger was the fact that Des, whom she had avoided for years, had declared himself her lawyer, her defender.
She could cope with the sheriff, but Des was a different matter. She could well understand why for years women had made fools of themselves over him. At seventeen, she would have made a complete fool out of herself if he hadnât stopped their kiss. She groaned at her thoughts.
And this would have been a perfect night to relaxâexcept she couldnât get her mind off the murder. And Desâ¦
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Des.
The name of her stepcousin broke the peace of the cold winter morning and eased its way into Kit Baronâs consciousness.
She didnât even flinch. As much as she hated the fact, Des Baron was never far from her thoughts, especially when he was in residence at the ranch, as he was now.
Like an apparition that haunted, Desâhis dark eyes, his enigmatic smile, his long, lean bodyâseemed to hover, waiting for an opportunity to infringe upon her thoughts. It was crazy, and she had no answer for it. She simply had learned to endure until he once again left the ranch and she was able to breathe more freely.
As she continued toward the saddle barn, the gravel crunched beneath her feet and she forced her thoughts elsewhere. The dawn was just beginning to break over the horizon. All over the ranch, activity had been going on for hours. There had been a freeze during the night, but the day would warm up with the sun, and in the meantime, she didnât mind the cold. It cleared her head.
She loved winter mornings on the Double B, but then, she couldnât think of a day or a season she didnât adore. She had been born on it, and despite the harsh way her father, Edward Baron, had raised her and her sisters there, she had fallen in love with the land at an early age. Tess and Jill had gone in other directions, eager to be gone from the place and make their fortunes elsewhere. But now that their father was dead and Kit had had time to put her own personal stamp on the ranch, it was more than her home, it was her life.
Its wildness and unpredictability suited her down deep in her bones. She identified with the land that remained untamed, despite manâs best efforts. It was her own personal kingdom.
As she drew closer to the barn, her steps quickened.
The saddle barn was a constant in her life. As a child, it had served as a place to hide from her domineering father, a place to dream of a happier life.
But even there, Des had managed to imprint himself on her memories. One summer evening, when she had been seventeen, she had fled to the barn after her father had verbally torn her to shreds over something so inconsequential she couldnât even remember what it had been. But she did remember Des Baron.