Can I have just a moment with the priest?For why?Just to ask him something.Hunter’s grip on her arm relaxed. , hurry. Loretta cupped a hand over the priest’s ear and quickly whispered her request, the...
Cautiously Hunter asked, Then what makes your heart sad?She bit her bottom lip and tipped her head back to stare at the smoke hole. After several seconds she sniffed and said, You’re a man.She looked...
Come out, White-Eyes, the voice called. I bring gifts, not bloodshed.Henry, wearing nothing but his pants and the bandages Aunt Rachel had wrapped around his chest the night before, hopped on one foot...
Come to think of it, Warrior was even more dangerous with his first rifle. Remember the time he accidentally fired through my lodge and shot a hole in your mother’s cooking pot? She was boiling rabbit...
Dawn came in wisps of pink against a blue-gray sky. Through the trees, shafts of misty sunlight formed luminous motes of warmth along the river. Birds sang. Squirrels chattered. The low rush of the wa...
Does Warrior mind my staying here? What will his wife say?She welcomes you. It is good. Be easy, Blue Eyes. My mother is close. She will come with her spoon. He steered Loretta through the doorway. Wa...
From the first we knew it could never work between us. Somehow, for a few wonderful days, we lost sight of that. You’re a Comanche. I’m a woman. We’re worlds apart.Look into me and say you have no lo...
From the hilltop Loretta watched the lone man walking toward her from the village. Relief flooded through her when she recognized Hunter’s loose-hipped, graceful stride. She crossed herself quickly an...
From the moment she had stepped out from her wooden walls, the path ahead of him had been clearly marked, but he had been too blind to see it. A woman and a Comanche, their pasts stained with tears a...
Glancing up at Loretta, he said, She is a yellow-hair, and she is mine.
He pulled on her leg and slid her toward him until she lay on her back. Then he released her ankle to loom over her, planting a hand on each side of her. Loretta stared up at his dark face, her heart...
His arm tightened around her shoulders. With one large hand he clasped both of hers, squeezing her fingers, rubbing as if to chase away a chill. His strength flowed into her, comforted her, warmed her...
His arm was her shield, just as he had promised.
Holy Mother, you near shot my foot off, you damned fool woman!Next time, I won’t miss.Henry sputtered, so mad he looked fit to bust. Rachel, I swear, I’ll give you the hidin’ of your life for this.Tou...
How you! she cried. Of all the-- You arrogant, simple-- Oh, never mind! Just you understand ! Amongst people, a man has wife, one, and he looks at no other, thinks of no other, no other, until de...
Hunter crouched beside the fire, a cup of coffee cradled in his palms, his gaze fixed on the shifting flames. He could see his yellow-hair from the corner of his eye and knew every time she moved, eve...
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...
Hunter drew her back against his chest and bent his head to press his face to her hair. Blue Eyes… He trailed his lips down one of her braids until he found the sweet curve of her neck. Make a picture...
Hunter enfolded Loretta’s hand in his and nudged his stallion into a walk, pulling her along with him toward his lodge. He had forgotten how small her hand felt, how fragile the network of bones, how...
Hunter grew amused, watching Loretta. When she threw him an accusing glance, he noted that her pupils had flared until her irises were almost black. Crimson rode her cheeks, and a rosy flush colored h...
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