Another uplifting development was Amy’s recovery from her ordeal. Loretta could scarcely believe how quickly the child was regaining her former gaiety, and she soon realized Swift Antelope was the cau...
Amy caught his arm. Will you make that boy go away?Hunter pried her fingers loose and rose. Swift Antelope is my loyal friend. It is good that he stands outside. No harm.Turning to his mother, Hunter...
All my children would be-- Hunter rolled his eyes. Can you see me, surrounded by White Eyes?Ah, that is the trouble. She is a White Eyes. Many Horses nodded and, in a teasing voice, said, I don’t blam...
Ah, yes, this is the way of it, eh? A heathen and his woman? His face twisted in a sneer as he rolled her sensitive flesh between his finger and thumb, sending shocks of sensation shooting into her be...
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...
A flush slid up her neck. In nothing but a nightgown, she would have been embarrassed in front of any man; with Hunter her humiliation was tenfold. He swept his gaze over her with no sign of guilt, no...
A decision had been reached, and Loretta had the feeling she wasn’t going to like it. Hunter secured the bearskin flap so no one would enter and then walked slowly toward the bed, his gaze leveled on...
A Comanche don’t wear a wolf sign unless he’s somebody important. The wolf is sacred to ’em, their brother. No woman would have a medallion like that unless her man marked her with it.
What?Make room for me. He lifted the robe and joined her on the pallet.Wha--you’re not going to sleep with me?, I am very terribly cold.Loretta suspected he was lying, but she moved over, secretly gla...
She clutched her skirt. What does that mean?I love you.
Loretta leaped and opened her eyes. Hunter knelt beside her, a dark shadow against the blue-black, starlit sky.You weep?No--yes. Her voice came out in a squeak. I’m just feeling sad, that’s all.He sat...
From the place where the sun rises, there will come to the People a great warrior who will stand tall above his brothers and see far into the great beyond with eyes like the midnight sky. This Comanch...
Not being a wife to you… Her voice trailed off into a squeak. And I’m afraid I never can be.Hunter’s guts clenched at the pain he read in her expression. He hadn’t intended to hurt her, only to make h...
Associate with that. He tugged on his ear again. So … tell me about your family. You and Jake seem very close. Do you have the same kind of relationship with your other brothers? Happy to change the s...
Your eyes say I lie when I call you my woman. This is not good. It is our bargain, eh? He plucked a wisp of grass and ran it slowly between his fingers, watching her in a way that suggested he would s...
You will tell your sons and daughters about me, yes?Hunter wished he could weep, but the tears were dammed behind his lids, aching and burning. Yes. And you will tell yours of me?I will tell them. War...
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.
You rip my heart out and it should not hurt? His teeth closed on her earlobe, nipping lightly, sending shivers over her skin. You spit upon all that I am, and it should not hurt? You abandon me, you d...
You like?I--um, yes, he’s wonderful. His left ear isn’t notched like so many of the others. Why is that?The notched ear says a horse is gentled. He is not. If another puts hands upon him, he fights th...
You have stolen my heart.