“ Many Horses was putting the finishing touches on a bow he had been making when Hunter entered the tepee. Setting the weapon aside, he fastened his wizened old eyes on his eldest son and pursed his cri… Catherine Anderson
“ Make me a story.Hunter, I don’t have a stitch of clothes on, she squeaked.One of his dark eyebrows flicked upward. You must have clothes to make stories? Catherine Anderson
“ Love's not a decision, son. It hits a man betwixt the eyes, and there's no decidin' to it. Right or wrong, doubts or no doubts, he's standin' knee deep in cement that's about to set.~Harv Coulter Catherine Anderson
“ Loretta was stuffing her belongings into her satchel when Hunter stepped into the lodge. He stood in the shadows a moment, watching her. The firelight fell across her, shimmering in her golden hair, f… Catherine Anderson
“ Loretta awoke shortly after dawn, alone in a cocoon of fur. She had only the haziest memory of Hunter carrying her to bed after making love to her last night. She sat up, clutching the buffalo robe to… Catherine Anderson
“ Loh-rhett-ah is here, eh? Hunter reached to take Loretta’s hand, pulling her close to the bed. Her heart has been laid upon the ground, and she has wailed and wept. You will see into her, yes?Hunter j… Catherine Anderson
“ I’m not leavin’ until I see my ma. It’s not me Hunter’s after!He’ll snatch you back all the same! He has crazy ideas about family when he marries up with a body. Catherine Anderson
“ I’ll die before I let you touch me. You hear me?Ah, but Blue Eyes, I tough you now. He slid his hand up her ribs and gently cupped her breast. You see? I touch you, and you do not die. There is nothin… Catherine Anderson
“ It was a fact that he hadn’t lied to her--except for the time he had promised to cut out her tongue and hadn’t. She couldn’t very well hold that against him. Catherine Anderson
“ In a husky whisper he recited the prophecy to her. When he finished she stirred in the crook of his arm. is your song?, yes.But, it’s beautiful!With a start, Hunter realized he thought so, too. Since… Catherine Anderson
“ If you flee, this Comanche will follow you. Anyone who tries to keep you from me will die. Think long and hard on this. I paid a fine bride price. You are my woman. What is mine, I keep.You wouldn’t!… Catherine Anderson
“ If we meet in battle, I will know the song your heart sings, eh? And you will know mine. Catherine Anderson
“ If it’s a draw between a baby and Henry, I’ll kick his ornery butt all the way to the fancy house in Jacksboro and tell him to stay there this time.Appalled and uncertain how to react, Loretta said, F… Catherine Anderson
“ If I don’t take her back to her wooden walls, she will die. Hunter met his father’s steady gaze across the leaping flames. Then what will become of the prophecy? She emptied her belly of the meat brot… Catherine Anderson
“ 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. Catherine Anderson
“ I strike fear into you because I am a man?It isn’t funny.I do not laugh. It is a sad thing, yes, that your husband is a man. A very terrible thing.She rewarded him with a tremulous laugh, looking at h… Catherine Anderson
“ I have the strongest arm in my lodge circle. Her pouting will not sway me. If that’s being bullheaded, then I sure enough am.Many Horses rolled his eyes.You think my arm is not the strongest?I think y… Catherine Anderson
“ I don’t understand her. I treat her kindly, yet she still shakes with fear at the thought of being one with me. I try to make her happy and make her angry instead.Many Horses lifted an eyebrow. Fear i… Catherine Anderson
“ I am Comanche, yes? A , cruel one. This is what you run from? A heathen. A man who will beat you? Or maybe throw you to his friends? That would be good, eh? I could find a man so stupid he would take… Catherine Anderson
“ Hunter’s name drifted to him on the wind, the call barely discernible yet shrill, like the whisper of a lost soul searching for solace. He reined his stallion to a halt, bracing himself against the so… Catherine Anderson
