“ Over the course of the day, he revealed to her a boyish, mischievous side that she found enchanting. One moment he played the lover, sliding his fingers lightly across the nape of her neck or down her… Catherine Anderson
“ Now you will show this Comanche how good you play number one fiddle, yes?I-- Loretta’s mouth went as dry as dust as she tripped along beside him, her arm vised in his grip. Surely you don’t mean right… Catherine Anderson
“ My heart is filled with great love for you, he whispered.Tears sprang to Loretta’s eyes. She couldn’t name the emotion that caused them, didn’t want to. Then, like projectiles from a cannon, the words… Catherine Anderson
“ 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… Catherine Anderson
“ My arm is yours to lean upon for always. Until snow comes to your hair, eh? For always, until I am dust in the wind. Catherine Anderson
“ Knowing what he wanted, he went after it with single-minded intensity, until a hoarse moan ripped from her and she arched toward him, her body jerking with every pass of his tongue. His, at last. Catherine Anderson
“ 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… Catherine Anderson
“ I’m Ah, yes, afraid. He studied her beaded moccasins. Because I am Comanche?She squeezed her eyes closed. It isn’t that, not anymore. That’s just an excuse!Cautiously Hunter asked, Then what makes you… Catherine Anderson
“ It will be well. My people will accept. You are one with them now, the wife of a warrior. In time, you will want to be beside me. Your fear will leave. You will see. Until then, this Comanche will wai… Catherine Anderson
“ It is not the way of a Comanche to beat his woman, he rasped. Just as it is not his way to let her go away from him. Catherine Anderson
“ It is good I came, my father. You have the gift. Already my heart is lighter.Many Horses ran his tongue over his own jagged teeth, nodding thoughtfully. I am proud of all my children, he said huskily.… Catherine Anderson
“ 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… Catherine Anderson
“ Hunter’s already low spirits plummeted. It was a sad state of affairs when an untried boy had more luck with women than a grown man. Catherine Anderson
“ Hunter spread his hand under the cloth of the woman’s gown and stared at the clear outline of his fingers. As incredible as it seemed, the sun had gone right through the thin material and cooked her f… Catherine Anderson
“ Hunter had been proud of few possessions during his life. He had, of course, been proud of his first bow and his first coup feather. And he had certainly been proud of his wonderful war pony, Smoke. B… Catherine Anderson
“ Hunter found Warrior down by the river, teaching Pony Girl to swim. Sitting beneath a cottonwood, Hunter pressed his back to the trunk and rested his forearm on his upraised knee. Warrior, I must make… Catherine Anderson
“ How is your woman taking this? Warrior asked.Her heart is on the ground.Warrior sighed. This is bad, Hunter, very bad. Her mother? Her father? She will never forgive this.Hunter increased his pace, gr… Catherine Anderson
“ He stretched out an arm and watched the myriad emotions that crossed her face as she contemplated the spot beside him. She had slept beside him before, many times, but tonight was different. There was… Catherine Anderson
“ He clamped a hand behind her head and drew her against his chest, burying his face in the hollow of her shoulder. It is not the way of a Comanche to beat his woman, he rasped. Just as it is not his wa… Catherine Anderson
“ From the first we knew it could never work between us. Somehow, for a few wonderful days, we lost sight of that. You’re a Comanche. I’m a woman. We’re worlds apart.Look into me and say you have no lo… Catherine Anderson
