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.
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...
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...
I would have you beside me, he told her huskily.
I would ask one thing of you, Ride beside me one last time into battle. It will be our final memory of each other, yes?Once again Hunter remembered looking into that white man’s blue eyes. When woul...
I will go wherever the Great Ones lead me, Hunter whispered. You know I will. It’s just that I can’t see the path they want me to follow. There is no one to lead me.The path will be there. When you tu...
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...
Hunter, if you leave signs for other Comanche bands, why do white men have so much trouble finding you?They are not smart.
Hunter! She tried to shove the leather down. Someone might come!No one comes.Fascinated, he touched the rosy tip of her nipple with his dark fingers, watching it harden and thrust upward, begging for...
Hunter would never have told her to come to him if he hadn’t believed she could find him. Between her and Friend, they would make it.Loretta mounted up, no longer feeling so horribly alone. As crazy a...
Hunter tossed another piece of wood onto the fire, sending up a spray of live coals, a few of which fell in Tom’s lap. Tom scrambled backward and tried to shake them off, no easy feat with his hands t...
Hunter spread the pallet and motioned for her to lie next to him. Keeping her back to him, she stretched out on the fur, putting as much distance between them as the pallet allowed. She felt him wrapp...
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...
Hunter rolled onto his back, taking her with him. He loved the feel of her slender length pressed against him. Running his hands into her hair, he held her face inches above his own so he could search...
Hunter knew he should go directly to the central fire. It was the custom for warriors to give a public recounting after making a trip. His friends would be waiting, anxious to tell of their exploits a...
Hunter gazed at the horizon for a moment. Loretta’s voice kept whispering to him. Hunter wasn’t sure why finding Amy had become so important to him, and he didn’t care to analyze his feelings. Was his...
Hunter disappeared once, returning a few minutes later with a bouquet of wild flowers. When Swift Antelope and Amy weren’t watching, he dragged her behind bushes to kiss her. Several times, on toward...
His, at last.
His people or Loretta? His mother’s and father’s faces flashed in his mind. Then others crowded in, Blackbird, Pony Girl, Turtle, Warrior, Maiden of the Tall Grass, and Red Buffalo. As much as he love...
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...