Lucky's Story: Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy (Montana Cowboys / Country Music Collection) (5 page)

“Good,” he pressed forward. Her entire body trembled with pure satisfaction at his entry. “It’s about time.”

She held onto his back, then his shoulders. His kisses seared his name on her heart, branding her as his forever. This first time, he was making love to her. She understood that. It was an offering a binding, a marriage of old. Hope knew when it came time for the paper and formality, she wasn’t going to be sweet, and she was going to do what the man who came into the cabin earlier had suggested. This was her cowboy, she planned to saddle up and ride.

Epilogue

             
“Hey there.” Lucky smooched her lips as she entered the barn. The array of children made a “ooooh” sound.  Hope was a natural at guided tours. Of course that was part of her old job as a park ranger. Now, she guided everyone from local school groups to tourist groups through the ranch and on some nature hikes.

             
“This is my husband, Lucky.” Hope announced the youngsters.

             
“He sure is.” One little boy said.

             
They laughed at the child’s interpretation of the introduction.

             
Everything in Lucky’s world was right as rain. He wished he could say the same for his best friend’s older brother, Roy. Hopefully, he would get his heart roped the same way Lucky had. Only time would tell.

             
“Now this here is what a newborn horse looks like.” Lucky walked with Hope and the tour group through the barn to look at the newest of the foals.