A is for Aaron one of my favorite bad ass heroes. He's a sexy as hell lawman who's used to laying down the law in his rough western frontier town as well as with his woman when needed.
Travel back in time with Janelle Prescott to 1878 Laramie, Wyoming where she meets Marshal Aaron Jackson for the very first time.
An Excerpt from Marshal's Law:
“Lay back now, miss. You’ve got
a nasty cut on your forehead” the doctor stated the obvious before looking up
at the marshal. “She’s going to need stitches, Aaron.”
“Technically, she’s my prisoner,
so I’ll cover the expense.”
“That wasn’t my worry. This is
likely to hurt, and I’m out of chloroform. I’ll have to use the ether.”
Ether? Chloroform? Dear God, had
she heard him correctly? Was she dreaming, or trapped in some sort of old west
delusion? It seemed very real to her, and she couldn’t just lie there meekly
and do nothing.
“Are you freaking nuts? You can’t
use ether! At the very least, you’ll blow us all to kingdom come with that
shit. Not to mention, I’ll probably never wake up from it.” Her vision was
finally starting to clear a bit, and she looked up into the face of a startled
white-haired gentleman who she assumed was ‘Doc’. “Don’t you have some
butterfly bandages or steri-strips? Just clean it up with some Betadine. Who
the hell uses ether for a gash on the head, for crying out loud?”
“Marshal, I barely understand a word
coming out of this poor child’s mouth. Except for the cuss words, that is. She
must have taken quite a blow; she’s addled.”
“I am not addled, sir. I am a
registered nurse and know what I’m saying. Give me a mirror, and I’ll do it
myself.”
“But—”
My Aaron inspiration. Thanks, Joe! |
The doctor nodded, tucking a
soft wad of linen into her hand. He quickly gave her instructions to hold
pressure against the wound to slow the bleeding and then quietly left the room.
As soon as the door clicked
shut, Joe’s lookalike walked closer to the table and stared down at her. “Let’s
get some things straight, right now. You will do exactly what the doctor says;
you will do it politely and will thank him when he is done. And if I hear
another foul or disrespectful word out of your mouth, I will turn you over my
knee and paddle your little butt until you can’t sit for a week. Is that
understood?”
Stunned, her mouth gaped open in
disbelief. Who did this guy think he was? Talk about a mood swing, sexy Marshal
Joe had just flown out the window and been replaced by some jerk wad with a
spanking fetish. “How dare you! You can’t talk to me that way and threaten to…
to… spank me! That’s police brutality or harassment, or something. I read
police novels and watch TV, you know.”
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