“ She has touched me. My hatred for her has gone the way of the wind. She saved my life. He quickly related the tale about the rattlesnake and how she had broken her silence to warn him. You would prefe… Catherine Anderson
“ Sensing reprieve, grasping for it with eager disbelief, she lifted her lashes in confusion to see the same emotion reflected in his cobalt eyes.He began to tremble, as if the lance weighed a thousand… Catherine Anderson
“ Please, Hunter, please, I wouldn’t ask if I had anyone else to turn to. I thought you were my friend.Hunter studied her blond hair, braided and coiled like a snake around her crown, long curls escapin… Catherine Anderson
“ Peace filled Hunter. With so many Great Ones, both his and hers, surely they would be blessed. Relaxing his body, he surrendered himself to fate. The Great Ones would guide them. Loretta’s God would l… Catherine Anderson
“ Oh, Hunter, I’m sorry, she said on the crest of a sob. I didn’t mean to hurt you like this. I didn’t mean to hurt you.You rip my heart out and it should not hurt? His teeth closed on her earlobe, nipp… Catherine Anderson
“ My song says I will one day leave my people. I am Comanche. Without them, I will be as nothing, Blue Eyes.Loretta stared sightlessly into the shifting shadows, watching the play of firelight. It’s onl… Catherine Anderson
“ My cousin, Red Buffalo, has said false words to you? If this is so, you will tell me.As if you don’t what he told me!You made a lie of your promise and tried to flee, is what I know! You came at me… 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. Hunt… Catherine Anderson
“ Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, there’s Injuns in the yard!Loretta catapulted upward and landed on all fours in the middle of the bed. Peeking out over the windowsill, she looked at the yard and saw--just that:… Catherine Anderson
“ 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… Catherine Anderson
“ I’m here if you need an ear. You can count on me.With that, she left the loft. Loretta wrapped her arms around her knees and gazed out the window at the moonlit yard, remembering another night, a life… Catherine Anderson
“ I’m all mixed up inside. It’s like—I don’t know—like an ignition of some kind. one minute, I’m fine, and the next I’m losing it. Catherine Anderson
“ It took us two days to gather them! On foot! I will never hear the last of it! You call that no harm? Whatever punishment I choose, my woman deserves it, and more. Name me one woman you know who has r… Catherine Anderson
“ It is good?Mm, she said, taking another bite and brushing her palm clean on her bloomers. Delicious.Dee-lish-us?For the space of a heartbeat she forgot to be afraid of him, and a smile spread across h… Catherine Anderson
“ Instinctively she tried to push him away, only to find that he was too strong to be so easily dispatched. By the time she realized that, the delicious pull of his mouth swept her mind clean of all rat… Catherine Anderson
“ In one liquid movement he rose on an elbow above her, his broad chest a canopy of bronze, his shoulders eclipsing the light so only her face was illuminated. You have stolen my heart. Catherine Anderson
“ 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… 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. Catherine Anderson
“ 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… Catherine Anderson
“ If I could be the one to go, I would. She’s daughter.And she’s my little sister. Maybe not by blood, but in all the ways that count. Hunter--he may be too late to spare her completely. But he can rea… Catherine Anderson
