Free O'Hara Wedding by Bianca D'Arc

 
     
     

     

     
     
    The O’Hara Wedding
     
    By
     
    Bianca D’Arc.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    A Note From The Author

    This prologue was part of the original manuscript of Hara’s Legacy and was deleted during the editing process. I hope readers will enjoy seeing the very beginning of Caleb and Jane’s marriage, and her relationship with the brothers, before the cataclysm that changed everything.

    Thanks to my readers for making Hara’s Legacy such a success. I have five books planned for this series. They are:

    Hara’s Legacy
    Davin’s Quest
    Jaci’s Experiment
    Grady’s Awakening
    Harry’s Sacrifice

    I hope you will like each one even more than the last.
    Happy reading!
    Bianca D’Arc
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    The O’Hara Wedding
    By Bianca D’Arc
    © 2007 Bianca D’Arc. All Rights Reserved A Deleted Prologue to Hara's Legacy, available now.

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    The wedding was beautiful. Simple and serene, the ceremony was held at a church about an hour’s drive from the O’Hara ranch in rural Montana. All three O’Hara brothers were there, the youngest arranging a weekend off from his first year at veterinary school to come home for the festivities. The middle brother had arrived from who-knew-where to act as best man, as the eldest joined his life to the young, blushing bride.
    All three brothers had known Jane since she was just a child, and loved her just as long. She was their sunshine in the rain; her natural empathy was a balm to each of them in her own special way.
    But Jane had been sad since her father died, and only a tiny spark of the light that usually shone bright in her
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    eyes was there on her wedding day. Her father had owned a neighboring ranch and now that he was gone, there was no one to give her away at the wedding.
    Seeing her standing alone at the end of the aisle in a blindingly white dress, the youngest O’Hara, Mick, strode down to gather her into a gentle hug. He tucked her trembling hand in his and escorted her down the aisle.
    Mick gave her to his eldest brother with little outward emotion, though inside he was torn.
    He’d always loved Jane. He’d always wanted her for his own. But he had nothing to offer her. His eldest brother, Caleb, had inherited the ranch and Mick was only just starting his veterinary studies. If he’d been just a bit older, with more promising prospects, he would’ve given Caleb a run for his money, but as things stood, he watched with bittersweet regret as Jane joined her life to his brother’s for all time.

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    Justin, the middle brother, watched the ceremony with tight lips, his happiness for his older brother tinged with a longing he didn’t dare name. He was the wild one, the one who’d left home and joined the Army, though no one but Caleb knew where he’d been these past few years.
    And he’d keep it that way. Justin had energy to burn and fighting in the elite Special Forces was one of the safer ways to do it.
    He envied Caleb his calm disposition and the fact that he’d been able to sweet talk Jane into joining their little family. She belonged with them. She’d been part of the family since she’d first smiled up at him, her pigtails swinging in the breeze as he pushed her on the swing set out behind her daddy’s ranch house. She’d been a precocious tyke and had grown into a beautiful young woman. Yes, indeed, Caleb