Pearl's Possession (The Red Petticoat Saloon)
Page 16
I would be with them soon.
But I knew I would last a few more months. I would see my great-grandchild born—one of many to come, given all the children we had adopted from the orphanage long ago. They lived far and abroad, and many of them stayed on the mountain.
"I'm glad you told me the truth. I had guessed some of the story, but my father said I had to ask you."
I smiled. "I'm so glad you did. And now I ask a boon, child. Tell your children, and your sisters and cousins when they are grown. Let the tale of Pearl and her five husbands live on, at least on this mountain."
"I will, Grandma Pearl. You're not leaving us, are you?" She laughed lightly.
I smiled. My hair was mostly white now, but still long and unbound, wild as my husbands loved it. But my family expected me to live forever.
My pregnant granddaughter waddled away, and I sat. The paddle Jonas had so lovingly carved for me hung on the wall, an inscription carved into it. My husbands had given it to me one year as a memento: it bore my name and theirs. It hung beside the tapestry I'd made with five horsemen riding into the sunset. My men.
"Soon," I whispered.
I played with the blue scarf around my neck, and dozed a little, and then felt a little tug on my dress.
"Grandma… I'm sad."
"Why, Jewel?" I pulled my littlest granddaughter into my lap.
"I like a boy and he likes me. But his brother likes me too, and they fight all the time. But I want to love them both." She pouted and I stroked her unruly curls from her face. "Perhaps you can, sweetheart."
"But how?"
"Love. Just love." I cuddled her close, reveling in the sweet armful and the truth I knew to my old, wise bones. "It takes every bit of love you have, and not a thimbleful less. But love is enough. It is always enough."
The End
Lee Savino
Bestselling author Lee Savino intends to do something big and important with her life, but most days can’t keep track of her wallet or her phone so she just stays in bed and writes. She's super excited about partnering with Blushing Books to publish her erotic Westerns, and hopes you are enjoying the fictional town of Royal, Colorado as much as she is.
Check out her website to download a free novella or to say hi: www.leesavino.com. She’d also love to hear from you; email silverwoodpress@gmail.com to let her know your favorite Rocky Mountain hero or bride! :D
Visit her website here:
www.leesavino.com
Don’t miss these exciting titles by Lee Savino and Blushing Books!
Rocky Mountain Dawn
Rocky Mountain Bride
Rocky Mountain Rose
Rocky Mountain Romp
Rocky Mountain Rogue
Rocky Mountain Wild
Pearl’s Possession
EBook Offer
WOULD YOU LIKE A FREE SPANKING STORY EVERY MONTH?
At http://www.blushingbooks.com, we provide our visitors with a free eBook every single month! That's right, every month we choose an eBook to give to our customers at no charge, both to show our gratitude for your business and to provide a sample of the content we offer.
Can you read this free eBook on your Kindle? Yes! Once you’re logged onto our site, it’s easy to send a book right to your Kindle.
Can you read it on your iPad? Yes! Your Kobo? Yes! Your Nook? YES!
We provide all of our books on BlushingBooks.com in several formats so that you can read our stories on virtually any reader! Membership at BlushingBooks.com is free, so sign up today and get your free story right now!
DO YOU NEED A TRIP TO THE WOODSHED?
Since 1999, Bethany's Woodshed has been publishing the best romantic and erotic BDSM and spanking fiction on the Internet. Before there were eBooks, there was Bethany's! More than a decade later, The Woodshed is Blushing Books exclusive preview site, and it is still going strong delivering the best, original stories - now with two updates a week. We guarantee at least 40,000 words of brand new, professionally written stories each week by all your favorite Authors, plus at least 20 completed books when you join. Carolyn Faulkner, Maren Smith, Starla Kaye, Paige Tyler, Joannie Kay, Abigail Webster, Alta Hensley, Allison West, Melinda Barron, Courage Knight, Loki Renard ... they're all here, plus many more.
Embrace the spank!
See the stories first at The Woodshed!
http://www.herwoodshed.com
Blushing Books Newsletter
Please join the Blushing Books newsletter
to receive updates & special promotional offers:
http://goo.gl/GYTwKZ
You can also join by using your mobile phone:
Just text BLUSHING to 22828.
Blushing Books
is one of the oldest eBook publishers on the web. We've been running websites that publish spanking and BDSM related romance and erotica since 1999, and we have been selling eBooks since 2003. We hope you'll check out our hundreds of offerings at http://www.blushingbooks.com.
You might also enjoy our membership site at http://www.herwoodshed.com, where we offer an exclusive first look at new novels and novellas by some of our most popular Authors before they are released anywhere else.