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“See you around, Potter” Chase stayed in the chair when the oldcrowd A lot had been said that warranted so

“Ty”—Tara leaned against his side—“who’s that tall girl in the flowered sundress? Is she somebody important?”

There was only one tall girl he could see “That’s Jessy Niles She works here”

“What does she do?”

“She works cattle with the men” He slid his wife an amused look and observed her expression of surprise

“She isn’t that grubby girl I saw on the roundup?” Tkra frowned, not believing it was possible

“The sairl under discussion with lazy speculation

Always level and direct, Jessy had eyes that could look right into the heart of a irl, and Ty was never quite sure what lay behind that solid composure, whether it was indifference or speculation or aThere had been eruptions when she’d co

The faint ser he watched her For all her sliular about her When sun rays becaold, Ty noticed the proud way she held her head and the innate strength in her features Her body was supple-shaped, with a graceful way of stirring when she ed with slow surprise He’d seen her too long in a , and he suspected there was ht not notice unless he studied her long and hard

The discovery vaguely unsettled hi his eyes back, Ty looked sideways at Tara to search her expression He found her watching him with cool interest Ty quickly smiled to hide the idle interest that had been sparked

“Hoould you like to see your wedding present?” His question banished all else frootten

Outside the stable, the wind howled, blowing a late-Novee box stall nosed at the fresh hay in the e and new sound She kept eyeing the coatedher, their smells still new to her She lipped at the hay

“She’s settlin’ in,” the wrangler Wyatt Yates predicted

“We’ll have to keep her in through the winter,” Ty stated “She’s Texas-bred and not used to this kind of cold”

The mare was more than just a new horse She was another addition to the brood- Good cow horses with savvy and breeding were hard to come by The Triple C had always done a li its own horses for ranch work, but Ty had convinced his father the operation needed to be expanded and a higher quality of horses bred