I was a kid once. When you meet my dad, ask him about the time my brother and I decided we wanted a yellow lab instead of a black one and spray-painted the dog.
I was just thinking. Once I get home, we’ll be enemies again. My people would shoot you if you ever came around. And that-- She sniffed and swiped at her eyes. That makes me sad. And sort of scared. W...
With Hank at her side, she would never really be blind again. His eyes were hers, just as he’d vowed. When they grew old, they would take walks at sunset, and she’d be able to see everything. His gift...
What if you were attacking a farm, and you saw me at one of the windows? What would you do?I would salute you. There will be no war between us.
He whispered. You learn quick.Raising tear-filled eyes to his, she again spat in his face. This time he felt the spray and wiped his cheek, his lips quivering with something that looked suspiciously l...
What?Make room for me. He lifted the robe and joined her on the pallet.Wha--you’re not going to sleep with me?, I am very terribly cold.Loretta suspected he was lying, but she moved over, secretly gla...
Loretta opened her eyes and gazed up at her Comanche husband through a haze of longing. By degrees her pulse slowed, and her senses cleared. A tender smile curved his mouth.My heart is heavy to say th...
You will go from this place with me, walk in my footsteps?A strained silence settled between them.Oh, yes, Hunter, yes.Do not make a promise of it quick. We must go west. Alone, Blue Eyes, leaving all...
Parker: When can you start?Rainie: I can start tomorrow if you'd like. My schedule is pretty much open. All I have to keep me at home is Thomas.Parker: Ah. It figures that there'd be a man in the pict...
At dusk the four of them stopped en route home to sit on the riverbank under a canopy of cottonwood trees. Loretta hugged her bent knees, gazing at the reflection of leaves and fading sunlight on the...
When at last she scooted over to him, Hunter experienced a feeling like none he had ever felt. It went beyond satisfaction, beyond contentment. Having her fair head on his shoulder felt perfectly righ...
Loretta encircled his waist with her arms and pressed her cheek against his chest, inhaling the scent of his skin, loving it. Her gaze settled on the gigantic moon that shone down on them. You aren’t...
Swinging to his feet, Hunter scattered the fire so the flames licked feebly at the wood and threw the lodge into gentle shadows. Then he turned to regard his wife, forcing his hands to curl loosely at...
Associate with that. He tugged on his ear again. So … tell me about your family. You and Jake seem very close. Do you have the same kind of relationship with your other brothers? Happy to change the s...
He dipped his hand into the grease and leaned forward to smear it on the woman’s tortured skin. His hand hovered above her leg. He couldn’t help but remember how jealously she had guarded her ruffled...
One unto the other, with no horizon, that is what she wants! Imagine her setting up a lodge, tanning hides, sewing, cooking, gathering wood, all by herself. And what if she became ill while I was away...
You make a smile inside me, that is why I want you. The way a man wants his wife.
My chief wife will be a woman of my own blood. He felt her stiffen and, seeking to mollify her, added, You can be second wife, eh? Or third?To his surprise she bolted upright, shaking again, this time...
She is my woman. She stays in my lodge.
You got no choice, girl. Don’t think ya do. He’s not treatin’ ya too bad right now, but as God is my witness, he will. Just pray you go before they start in on ya. He swallowed again. I don’t know why...
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