Giving a low chuckle, which he punctuated with a defeated sigh, he said, Blue Eyes, we have many nights to lie with one another. Forever, yes? Until we die and rot.Until death do we part, she amended....
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...
Another rock jabbed her insole, and she winced, missing a step. He released her elbow and swept her off her feet into his arms. He took her so much by surprise that if she could have screamed, she wou...
Afterward, she hooked a limp arm around his neck, buried her face against his shoulder, and whispered, Don't ever get hypothermia with anyone but me.
Still numb with shock, she stared off into the distance, remembering the night Hunter had recited his song to her. She studied the rise, truly believing, for the first time, that she and Hunter were...
It was suddenly
Her stories make you believe in the powerof love
You’d better keep her tied.Why? A yawn stretched Hunter’s dark face.Because she’s looking skittish.She’s naked. Sheathing his knife, Hunter flopped on his back and shaded his eyes with one arm. She wo...
You will trust, eh? I have said words to him. He accepts. Lie forward along his neck and whisper your heart into his ear. Run your hands over him. Tighten your legs around him.Heart in her throat, Lor...
You will tell me of this anger that burns within you, eh?As if you don’t know!He propped his elbows on his bent knees. He’d never understand them. If she was still angry because he had mentioned taki...
You will sleep. The low timbre of his voice vibrated through her. I will watch.
You will lie beside me.But what about Amy?Your Aye-mee is with my mother, yes? The woman who is mean like a buffalo. She is safe. You will be easy about her until the sun shows its face. His voice tur...
You must also remember the yellow-hair may give you many more children than a Comanche woman. Take care or you could father more children than you can feed. I’ve never seen a white woman yet who wasn’...
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...
You make a God promise? You will lie with me in my buffalo robes?Loretta closed her eyes. The words stuck in her throat. She was sacrificing her self-respect. Her own people would forever scorn her if...
You ever seen what they do to a captive white woman? If you ask me, them Injuns got exactly what was coming to ’em.Mr. Steinbach lifted a quizzical brow. You ever see how some white men treat a squaw?...
You can make war with your eyes for a moon and win no battles. I grow tired of your anger, Blue Eyes.She lifted her small nose in the air and refused to look at him. Her hair had dried in a wild tangl...
You are the wife I want. One wife, for always.
You are dee-lish-us. Like sunshine, eh?Unnerved by the gleam that had stolen into his eyes, Loretta caught hold of his hand to disentangle it from her hair. Just because there were no scalps in his lo...
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-...