It’s Teaser Thursday everyone, and that means you get a special sneak of the Unafraid prologue!
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xo
Melody
HUNTER
My grandpa trained horses his
whole life. He had a gift; people say he was the best they’d ever seen.
whole life. He had a gift; people say he was the best they’d ever seen.
We used
to visit his ranch out in Beachwood Bay every summer. I’d watch in awe as the
horses would be led in to that old dirt paddock, their eyes wild, nostrils
flaring. They fought the lead, shied away from every touch, damn near killed a
couple of ranch hands trying to get away. But Grandpa never quit. It would take
him all summer long, working his magic, pacing slowly in that ring, learning
what it was that made the horses tick, until by the end of it, even the
craziest ones were eating peppermints from the palm of his hand.
to visit his ranch out in Beachwood Bay every summer. I’d watch in awe as the
horses would be led in to that old dirt paddock, their eyes wild, nostrils
flaring. They fought the lead, shied away from every touch, damn near killed a
couple of ranch hands trying to get away. But Grandpa never quit. It would take
him all summer long, working his magic, pacing slowly in that ring, learning
what it was that made the horses tick, until by the end of it, even the
craziest ones were eating peppermints from the palm of his hand.
The
first time I laid eyes on Brittany Ray, I knew this girl was wilder than any
stallion I’d ever seen. She was headstrong, wounded, passionate, and free. And
I had to have her.
first time I laid eyes on Brittany Ray, I knew this girl was wilder than any
stallion I’d ever seen. She was headstrong, wounded, passionate, and free. And
I had to have her.
“Some
horses will never be tamed,” Grandpa used to tell me. “The only way you get
through is to earn their respect. You’ve got to learn what they’re so scared
about, because the wildest ones… Well, those are the ones that are the most
scared of all.”
horses will never be tamed,” Grandpa used to tell me. “The only way you get
through is to earn their respect. You’ve got to learn what they’re so scared
about, because the wildest ones… Well, those are the ones that are the most
scared of all.”
I didn’t listen to him, not at first. I was eighteen, I
thought I had the world all figured out, and hell, I was so desperate for her,
I took any chance I could get. One night together, one brief taste of her
beauty. But when morning came, she was gone.
thought I had the world all figured out, and hell, I was so desperate for her,
I took any chance I could get. One night together, one brief taste of her
beauty. But when morning came, she was gone.
That’s when I realized, one night with her would never be
enough.
enough.
The world kept spinning after that summer, taking me far
from Beachwood, and changing my life in ways too tragic to comprehend.
Grandpa’s gone now too, the old ranch is crumbling to disrepair, and some
nights, it feels like my time with Brit was just a fever dream. But that’s the
thing about dreams: they can keep you going, even through the bleakest nights
and the darkest of days. Give you something to believe in, when everything else
in your world is guilt and sadness and pain.
from Beachwood, and changing my life in ways too tragic to comprehend.
Grandpa’s gone now too, the old ranch is crumbling to disrepair, and some
nights, it feels like my time with Brit was just a fever dream. But that’s the
thing about dreams: they can keep you going, even through the bleakest nights
and the darkest of days. Give you something to believe in, when everything else
in your world is guilt and sadness and pain.
She saved me, that girl. She saved me, and she
never even knew it.
never even knew it.
I always swore to myself, I’d make her more
than just a dream. I’d go back to that town, I’d take the time to earn her trust,
the way my grandpa taught me, until I know every secret lurking in those
beautiful dark eyes, every hope she holds, deep in her soul.
than just a dream. I’d go back to that town, I’d take the time to earn her trust,
the way my grandpa taught me, until I know every secret lurking in those
beautiful dark eyes, every hope she holds, deep in her soul.
Until
she trusts me enough to stay.
she trusts me enough to stay.
My
truck cruises round the bend in the road, and I see the sign loom closer, out
on the edge of the windy highway as I cross the county line.
truck cruises round the bend in the road, and I see the sign loom closer, out
on the edge of the windy highway as I cross the county line.
Welcome to Beachwood Bay.
I
smile, feeling like myself again for the first time in damn too long. Yeah, I’m
going to do it right this time.
smile, feeling like myself again for the first time in damn too long. Yeah, I’m
going to do it right this time.
I’m
going to make her mine.
going to make her mine.
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