Loretta reached him and dropped to her knees, trying to gather him into her arms. She couldn’t lift him. A tortured moan worked its way up her throat. With a trembling hand, she cupped the side of...
Loretta couldn’t concentrate on the game long enough to figure out its rules. She had eyes only for Red Buffalo. He had joined Warrior’s family for the evening and was displaying a jovial, gentle side...
Well, I guess this is it.For this little bit time.She looked up. Hunter, you mustn’t--He leaned toward her and crossed her lips with a finger. You can read my trail, eh? You can walk in my footsteps a...
Throwing a frightened glance at the wagons, she threw herself across his body.Don’t shoot! Her scream pierced the air. Don’t shoot, damn you! Don’t shoot!A hush fell over the flats. The whites had alr...
Good-bye, Hunter.Reluctantly he released her and watched her lead the horse down the hill. At the base of the slope she turned and looked back. Their gazes met and held. Then she turned toward home an...
Good-bye, my friend, she whispered.As if he had heard her, Hunter reappeared alone on the rise. Bringing his stallion to a halt, he straightened and lifted his head, forming a dark silhouette, his qui...
It with the eye of an interior decorator, and there were possibilities everywhere she looked. She moved
This was it, the last time they would ever eat together beside a fire. It was insane to feel sad, but she did.Soon after they finished eating, they arranged their respective beds near the dying fire...
Swift Antelope, I don’t think she even likes you.Your yellow-hair doesn’t like you too well, either.He had a point.
I cannot fight an enemy whose face is hidden.
He gazed into the darkness at the flickering shadows. Above the tops of the trees on the opposite side of the river, he could see endless stretches of starlit sky. He longed for home where the plains...
Warrior beckoned to her. Loh-rhett-ah, you come, eh?Loretta glanced uneasily at Red Buffalo. To her surprise, he moved closer to Maiden of the Tall Grass to make room for her. Blackbird dashed across...
We walk backward in our footsteps, eh? Maybe you will walk forward a new way when we reach your wooden walls. You could be a little bit happy as my woman, no?Loretta fixed her eyes on the horizon ahea...
She realized now that there was no good or bad, no right or wrong, just people fighting for their lives. Wonderful people, who lived and loved and laughed.
And confused,
Why is my father not here? I will tell you why. He knows she scattered the horses of every man in the village, leaving us defenseless against an attack. He knows she left without permission. He knows...
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...
You will be my friend again? he asked huskily. We will make laughter together, yes? And you will lie beside me when we sleep, with no fear, because my hand upon you is the hand of your good friend.I’d...
He wasn’t sure when it had happened or how, but the small woman beside him was no longer his captive; he had become hers.
Held captive now by more than bonds and strength of arm, she turned her face to study his, fascinated by the sleepy innocence that clouded his half-closed eyes. The merciless killer was gone, replaced...
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