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...
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...
Once again Hunter had come to mark her home.Loretta no sooner realized that than she also realized that Hunter wouldn’t mark the property if he intended to take her with him. She bolted into a run.Hu...
Pray your words, old man.The priest licked his lips and glanced fearfully at the crowd of savages around them. Perhaps it was the stark contrast of black robes against pallid flesh, but Loretta though...
Red Buffalo emerged from the darkness, leading his favorite war pony. Loretta and Hunter, arms looped around one another, turned to face him. When Red Buffalo reached Loretta, he grasped her hand and...
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...
She knew no horse of Tom’s could catch him. Like his sire, he ran like the wind.
She splayed her fingers on his chest, shoving with the heels of her hands to lever herself away from him. Hunter tensed his arm at her waist to hold her. He wondered if she was aware of his hardness....
She turned her face to touch her lips to his neck. Make a memory with me, Hunter, she whispered huskily. One more beautiful memory.
She turned her face to touch her lips to his neck. Make a memory with me, Hunter, she whispered huskily. One more beautiful memory.Cinching an arm around her waist, Hunter stretched out with her on th...
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...
Speaking of pits in plum pudding, do you remember your sister’s first attempt? Your grandfather broke off his only remaining tooth trying to eat it.And swallowed tooth, pit and all, so he wouldn’t emb...
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...
Still trailing Amy, Loretta spotted Hunter the moment his horse drew out in front of the others. Heaving for air, she stumbled to a stop and glanced over her shoulder. Hunter, broad back to the wagons...
Suddenly it struck her as hysterically funny. She had been captured by savages and dragged halfway across Texas. Never once, not even when he had just cause, had Hunter hit her with enough force to hu...
Surely you don’t mean right Her startled gaze focused on the lodge door. It’s not even dark yet. People are still awake. You haven’t eaten. There’s no fire built. We can’t just--He lifted the door fl...
He said softly.She turned her head to find that he was sniffing her hair, his expression quizzical. The moment their eyes met, her insides tightened. Up close, his face seemed even harsher than it had...
Claiming her lips with his to muffle her protests, he reveled in the sweet taste of her breath, in the way she parted her thighs for him even though she was frightened. He trailed his mouth to her ear...
Releasing her, he struck her lightly on the arm. Wheeling his horse, he glanced toward the windows of the house and thumped his chest with a broad fist. I claim her!
After a long while the girl’s sobbing subsided, and her breathing became slow, measured. In her sleep she scooted her rump toward him, seeking warmth.He rolled onto his side and curled an arm around h...
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