Free The Mighty Quinns: Logan by Kate Hoffmann

to give you a few days’ rest.” He fetched her water and put the rest of the hay in the rack, then closed the trailer door. The filly hung her head out and he gave her another biscuit. “Good night, baby.”
    He walked back to the campervan, and when he got inside, he found Sunny sitting cross-legged in the center of the bed. She pointed the fork at him. “You are the most amazing man I’ve ever met.”
    Logan sat down next to her. She fed him a bite of cake and he smiled. “Are you saying that because of the sex or the cake?”
    “The cake,” she said. “And the sex. The cake wouldn’t taste nearly as good without the sex. Although, the sex might have been even better had I known there was cake at the end.” She bumped against his shoulder then gave him a quick kiss. “Is Tally put to bed?”
    Logan nodded and took another bite of the cake. “If it’s all right with you, I think we should take a couple days in Adelaide. Tally could use the break and so could we.”
    “I don’t need to be anywhere,” she said. “I’m enjoying this trip.”
    “We’ve got a long stretch of outback to get through tomorrow.” He reached out and took her hand, then pressed a kiss to the spot below her wrist. “I’m glad you’re going to be there when I have to give her up. It will make it a lot easier.”
    “You are going to miss her,” she said softly.
    Logan nodded. “Yeah. I’ve raised her, I’ve seen her almost every day in the last three years. She has this personality and it’s like we know each other so well.”
    Sunny set the box down beside her and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a fierce hug. “I understand,” she murmured. “Really, I do.”
    “I know,” he said. And she did. She was maybe the only person who truly would know how hard it was for him to give Tally away. Logan flopped back onto the bed and Sunny curled up beside him, throwing her leg over his hips.
    They lay quietly, Logan listening to the rhythm of his own breathing. He was starting to come to grips with losing Tally. But at the same time, he was wondering how he’d ever let Sunny go.
    Before they slept, he pulled her into his arms and made love to her once more, this time slowly, savoring every single moment between them. It was all right to dream about the life he wanted someday. But it wasn’t very practical to wish for things that he couldn’t possibly possess.
    Sunny was one of those impossible dreams. Though he could see a future in his mind’s eye, he didn’t really want to believe it could happen for him. It was best to keep his hopes and dreams based in reality and not pure fantasy.

4
    “G OOD MORNING , DARLING . Did you have a good night?”
    Sunny ran her hand over the filly’s nose, and the horse nodded her head. Tally had such a sweet disposition that Sunny had already fallen in love with her. Though she felt a bit guilty about her feelings, she knew Padma would understand. There was enough room in her heart for two favorite horses.
    “We girls have to stick together,” she murmured.
    Her father had tried for years to get her to ride a gelding, but Sunny had stubbornly insisted that her mare could jump just as well as any male—or formerly male—mount. It wasn’t accepted wisdom in the equestrian world. Very few show jumpers rode mares. But she felt a duty to at least promote the idea that female horses were good for more than just breeding.
    She clipped a lead onto Tally’s halter and slowly led her down the ramp. The horse seemed grateful to be out of the confines of her traveling coach and pranced along beside her. Sunny attached her to the secure line and Tally bent down and began to nibble at the damp morning grass.
    The sun was just above the horizon. Glancing over her shoulder, Sunny wondered how much time she’d have before Logan woke up. They had a long drive ahead of them, most of it a straight line through the desolate outback, but she found herself looking forward to the time on the