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- Authors: Shanna Hatfield
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- Genre: Western Short Stories
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August 1885
Holiday, Oregon
“Mind telling me what you think you’re doing?”
The deep, masculine voice directly behind her made a shiver slide
down Zara Wynn’s spine despite the unrelenting heat pressing in all around
her. Her cotton dress stuck to her back, and the delicate lace edging clung to
her throat until she felt as though she might suffocate.
Ignoring the voice and the man, she continued jamming two hairpins
into the lock on the door of the teacher’s quarters located at the rear of the
schoolhouse.
Zara had been hired as the new schoolteacher. The school board wasn’t
expecting her, though, for another two weeks. There’d been no help for her
hasty departure from home or unannounced arrival. She’d hoped once she
arrived in Holiday, a growing mountain town in Eastern Oregon, it would
be a simple matter to find the school and someone to open the door.
However, nothing was going according to plan. An hour ago, she’d
only taken four steps away from the train depot when a miner with an
apparent aversion to bathing and who was missing most of his teeth had
grinned and offered to marry her. Appalled, Zara had cast a frosty glare in
his direction and hastened her step, although she’d had no idea where she
was heading.
Based on articles she’d read about western towns, she had assumed
she’d find the schoolhouse at one end of Holiday or the other. She’d
maintained a quick pace away from the depot until she had come to the
main thoroughfare. Slowly, she’d wandered past a saddle shop, a hotel, and
a general store. When she’d reached a corner, she had stopped to admire the
cross on top of the church that appeared to reach high into the brilliant blue
of the afternoon sky.
It was then she’d noticed the school on the street behind the church.
With hurried steps, she rushed past the church, turned at the corner, and
made her way up another block to the school. She’d felt along the eaves for
a hidden key and looked beneath a few rocks by the door to the teacher’s
quarters. Unable to locate one, she’d pulled out two hairpins, hoping to pick
the lock.
She’d never attempted to do such a thing, but how hard could it be?
With her tongue planted in her cheek, she continued working the
hairpins in the keyhole.
A throat cleared, reminding her she wasn’t alone. Heat from the man
radiated over her as he moved nearer, increasing her state of discomfort.
Prepared to give the stranger a dismissive, cool glare, Zara glanced at him
over her shoulder and found herself unable to look away.
A cowboy—based on his attire in denims, dusty boots, and a black hat
—stared at her like she was a misbehaving child. He was ruggedly
handsome, at least what she could see with the hat he wore tugged down
low and shading part of his face. Dark scruff covered his cheeks and chin,
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