Smiling, he plucked a blade of grass and feathered it along her arm, reaching up under her loose sleeve. Next he directed his attention to her leg, tracing a circle around the top of her moccasin, gra...
I would have you beside me, he told her huskily.
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...
If we meet in battle, I will know the song your heart sings, eh? And you will know mine.She swallowed, trying to read his expression, frustrated by the shadows. What if it happened? What if you were a...
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...
I’m in no need of matrimony, Father. I still my honor.Hunter jerked her to his side and, in an ominously even voice, said, Your honor will soon go the way of the wind, Blue Eyes. You made a God promi...
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.
I’m not your woman yet. Have you no shame? It’s broad daylight. People might see.They will see you are my woman.They’ll see my drawers, that’s what they’ll see!He abandoned his hold on her skirt to ru...
Lances, leaning like drunken soldiers standing guard, lined the perimeter of the property, feathers fluttering, their slender shafts black lines in the moonlight. Henry had learned his lesson after th...
Leaning her head back, she began her nightly ritual, wringing the rag to trickle the scented water along her throat and over her breasts. In summer, the customary week between tub baths seemed like an...
Less than an hour later the girls were nearly ready to leave. Amy had just gone out to saddle her horse, and Loretta was about to join her, when Amy burst back inside the house, slamming the door behi...
Less than ten minutes after they left the stream, Loretta began to nod and felt herself slumping. She jerked upright and blinked. Hunter tightened his arm around her and slipped a hand under her right...
She is the woman. Already, part of the prophecy has come to pass, eh? Her voice has been returned to her.And she has stolen your Comanche heart, has she not?She has great courage for one so small, but...
She stared at Hunter; he stared at the doorway. When at last he looked at her, his eyes churned darkly with emotion. He returned to his pallet and sat down, legs crossed at the ankles in front of him....
Let’s list our evidence against him, shall we? Loretta held up a fist. What did Hunter do when Santos took you?He came and got me.Loretta uncurled her thumb. That’s one piece of evidence. What did he...
Lie on your back and close your eyes. Let me chase your fear away. With nothing to fear, there is no need to die, eh?No. She tried to push him away. No.He slipped an arm under her knees and drew her d...
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...
Look what I have here. A gift, yes? For your woman. A gift like no other.He pulled something sparkly from a parfleche and palmed it, extending his arm toward Hunter. Moonlight on water, cousin. A comb...
Are you sad? About saying good-bye tomorrow?No. You will ride in a great circle back to me. The Great Ones have spoken it.In your song? She sniffed. That song has caused me enough grief.He tightened h...
As Red Buffalo disappeared into the darkness, Hunter’s hand, which was riding Loretta’s thickened waist, tightened. He glanced down, his brows lifting in question. With a wondrous expression on his fa...
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