Come here, little one.I want to go back.He hoped she stood there arguing for a time. Obey your husband.She wrinkled her nose. It’s broad daylight., come.Growing tired of just looking when he could be...
On the eighth day of Hunter’s absence, along toward dusk, Loretta heard a distant yodeling sound and glanced up from Maiden’s cooking fire to see men riding in. It wasn’t difficult to spot Hunter, sev...
You make lies of your promises, Blue Eyes.Not this time. I swear it, Hunter. I swear it before God, I’ll be your woman. Anything for Amy.He caught her chin. You make a God promise? You will lie with m...
For a girl, how about Nicole? It means a girl who’s victorious for her people.Oh, I like that, Loretta whispered. Hunter would that.Rachel smiled. Nicole Wolf. If she has her daddy’s eyes, Indigo wou...
He looked over at her. Strong is right?Well, yes, I suppose you could say that.You say a woman cannot be bought. I say she can. I am strong. I am right.
He must figger it’s good riddance, Amy mused. They can cover twice the distance we can in a day. What else could’ve took him so long?Loretta had no illusions. Hunter would follow her--to the ends of t...
Henry jerked up his left suspender and raked his hand through his hair, looking at the hole Rachel had shot in the puncheon. What in hell you gonna tell people happened to your floor, missy?Rachel smi...
You will eat--unmistakable laughter played upon his face--so you will stay strong. We cannot fight the big fight if you tremble from hunger.Loretta lowered her gaze. A rush of conflicting emotions ass...
Someone must preserve the ways of the People, Warrior rasped, someone who will sing our songs and teach our ways. Unless you do that, all that we are will be lost. You must go get your woman and take...
You belong to me. Forever, for always! Within you is my seed. A Comanche man does not give up his woman.
The shock of his hand on her bare back brought her to her senses. Her eyes flew open, and she gasped. She tried to arch away from him and succeeded only in accommodating his mouth when her head fell b...
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...
The hate has gone from you to a faraway place you cannot find, as it was spoken in the prophecy. That’s why it is time for you to walk your own way. You must fight the last great fight for the People,...
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...
In my world, you wouldn’t be smart, either.That is good. The way is How so?He nodded toward a scrawny mesquite tree that had sprung up in a cluster of rock. He plants dead trees in the earth, and the...
In the morning Hunter awoke to find his blue-eyes curled up against his side, only the tip of her nose and a tangle of gold hair showing above the edge of the buffalo robe. She had one hand wedged und...
Well, I guess this is it.For this little bit time.She looked up. Hunter, you mustn’t--He leaned toward her and crossed her lips with a finger. You can read my trail, eh? You can walk in my footsteps a...
Your woman tries to flee, Red Buffalo snarled. She makes a lie of her promise to you, eh? It is just as I said. She can never be one with the People. Never! She is an , liar, and unworthy. She has mad...
Why can’t you understand that? A woman must come freely.Lowering his hand to her waist, he leaned away from her, his dark eyes searching, thoughtful. And when you come freely, you will have no fear?I-...
Loretta’s shoulders slumped in defeat. With numb hands she lowered the rifle to the dirt.A nasty grin twisted Hunter’s mouth. So it is a trade? You are my woman?For once, she was glad she couldn’t tal...
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