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Chapter One

Adaed his Stetson lower as he stepped out into the snow He started down the winding driveway to collect thewind

Winter had set in, and already he was restless The lodge was quiet, housing just hi season when clients filled the bunkhouses For ten years, he had lived for the fall when he could guide hunters into the y Unsatisfied

He yanked open the mailbox and reached inside for the pile of envelopes He turned back to the house, thuht his eyes He blinked, bringing the object into focus There, huddled in the ditch, half covered with snoas a person

Dropping the mail, he rushed over to the still forrasped a small shoulder and flipped the person over To his shock, it was a woman A beautiful woman

He felt for a pulse, holding his breath until he felt the faint tremor in her neck He brushed snow from her face and sotten here?

Swinging her slight form into his arms, he stood up and strode rapidly back up the drive He stared worriedly into her pale face and felt his groin tighten A sharp tingle snaked up his spine, and he was besieged by unfaer, possessiveness, concern, and pure unadulterated lust

His cock swelled in his jeans, and his grip around her tightened He was assailed by the nagging thought that she could be the one He’d never reacted this strongly to a wo about, but he also knew no reement

At any rate, he couldn’t leave her to freeze to death He couldn’t concern hiht until he made sure she didn’t die on him

As he shouldered his way inside, Ethan looked up fro He dropped the book when he saw the woman in Adam’s arms

“What the hell’s going on?” he de up

“I found her out in the ditch,” Ada his brother closely for his reaction

Ethan closed the distance between the woman “Is she alive?”

“What’s going on?” Ryan asked as he entered the living roouarded, a look that had becoe fro while, Ada to be able to draw Ryan out from the private hell he endured If she was the one…

Adam turned his attention back to the woet her waret her out of her wet clothes,” he directed Ryan

Ethan raised a brow “You going to strip her in here?”

Adaed “I doubtto death ”

Ethan’s eyes darkened, and he moved closer to the woman He studied her then reached out his hand to touch her cheek “She’s beautiful,” he said huskily

When he looked back up at Adam, his eyes shone with a multitude of emotions Desire, tenderness and possessiveness Adae of triumph Ethan felt it too

“A here?” Ryan asked as he returned to the living room

“Is the water drawn?” Adam asked

Ryan nodded and Adam strode past him “Ethan will explain,” he said briskly

Adaently laid her on his bed She didn’t even have a coat on He frowned as he began to peel her eater off She was soaked through

As he pulled the sweater over her head, he sucked in his breath The skimpy bra she wore didn’t dohe noticed was a large bruise that marred her porcelain skin It covered an area the size of his hand And he had large hands