Resistance by Jan Springer Read Free Book Online

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him after learning he was heading out for a bounty. He hadn’t told her he was
going after her friend Reena or she would have laced the bread with rat poison.
    Just thinking of Laurie had him smiling. She enjoyed playing
mother hen to the four men currently living at the Outlaw farm. Aside from his
brother Mac and himself, she also cooked for Tyler and his best friend Hunter—her
two lovers.
    He sighed at the memories of what happened when darkness
descended over the Outlaw farm. That’s when Laurie and Tyler and Hunter headed
off to the bedroom the three of them shared. Their guttural moans and her
whimpers would send him and Mac scurrying outside to get away from what was
going on behind closed doors.
    Cade knew something was going on between Hunter and Tyler,
too. It was evident in the way the two men looked at each other—expressions
filled with caring and need and love.
    The two had suffered years of torture in a terrorist prison.
They’d also shared a prison cell for several years before being rescued. After
returning to the States, they’d seduced Laurie into their bed.
    But he and Mac never complained about the erotic groans and
moans coming from that bedroom at night, because they knew how lucky they were
to have the youngest Outlaw brother back alive. Lucky, too, that Tyler had a
strong woman like Laurie to accept him and his male lover.
    Cade didn’t know if he would be able to share a woman with
another man. Some of his brothers had been able to share. But he wasn’t sure he
could do it with a woman he loved. These days, however, men had to adapt. There
were so few women to go around. He’d finally come to the conclusion he may not
end up with a wife in the traditional sense.
    “What’s got you all smiling? Are you picturing me getting
ripped apart by wolves? I guess all you really would have to do is bring my head
back to get your bounty,” she said coolly from the other side of the fire.
    “They want you alive. They just want to talk.”
    “See? That’s why I find you amusing. With you being an
Outlaw, I wouldn’t have expected you to buy bullshit like that. The government
needs me dead.” She reached up with her cuffed wrists and brushed a stray
strand of hair off her rosy cheek.
    “Actually they want you to come in and negotiate a peace
agreement. They’re willing to talk.”
    “Over my dead body,” she whispered.
    She didn’t believe the government. Hell, he hadn’t believed
them either. At first. But a close friend of his who worked inside the
government, a man Cade trusted, had confirmed the request was legit.
    “There’s something you should know, Red. Your father is now
working with the people you hate so much, and he’s been able to convince the
president that having you on their side would be more productive than having
you dead and a martyr…or in prison. So they’ve asked me to bring you in so you
and the president can come up with some compromise.”
    He’d expected her to be surprised at the news of her father
being involved. Or at least doubtful. Instead she merely shook her head.
    “My father is dead,” she said softly.
    “Well, he was very much alive when I left him several days
ago. If something’s happened in the meantime that I should know about—”
    “He’s dead to me,” she clarified.
    She raised her head and looked straight at him. The pain
shining in her eyes unexpectedly rocked him.
    Cade inhaled slowly, trying to settle his composure. He
hadn’t figured he would be in the middle of some family dispute. Whatever her
father had done, she wasn’t happy about it. Her father had reassured him that once
she found out he was involved, she wouldn’t be a problem. Looked like daddykins
didn’t know his daughter as well as he thought. Or maybe her father wanted her
dead just like the others? No, the guy seemed sincere. His face had glowed with
love and even remorse. His voice had filled with regret when he’d told Cade
he’d been away from his