She is my woman. She stays in my lodge.
She has touched me. My hatred for her has gone the way of the wind.
Opening it, she withdrew her neatly folded bloomers. Creeping to the bed, she laid them on the fur beside Hunter. Tears stung her eyes as she straightened. So many memories. Sadness twisted through he...
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...
Loretta was stuffing her belongings into her satchel when Hunter stepped into the lodge. He stood in the shadows a moment, watching her. The firelight fell across her, shimmering in her golden hair, f...
Loretta snuggled deeply into silken furs, trying to escape the persistent hand that shook her shoulder and the voice that called to her. Not her name, anyway. What kind of name was that?Blue Eyes, yo...
Looking skyward, he searched for Loretta’s Great One, the Almighty Father to whom she gave thanks for her food. At first he had been disgruntled by her prayers. Her God didn’t bring her the food; her...
I’d like to be friends again--truly I would.Then it will be so. He nuzzled her ear.But Hunter, don’t you see? We’re Ah, yes, married. Hunter’s mind circled the word, trying to imagine what images it c...
In a husky whisper he recited the prophecy to her. When he finished she stirred in the crook of his arm. is your song?, yes.But, it’s beautiful!With a start, Hunter realized he thought so, too. Since...
Ice. Loretta sucked in a whine of air as the shock of water washed over her body.A warm arm encircled her waist. A large hand clamped over her ribs. She twisted her neck to see, then froze. The Comanc...
I have tried everything, Father. I’ve been kind to her. I’ve promised my strong arm will be hers forever into the horizon, until I am dust in the wind. And I’ve tried bargaining with her.What bargains...
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.
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...
He dipped his hand into the grease and leaned forward to smear it on the woman’s tortured skin. His hand hovered above her leg. He couldn’t help but remember how jealously she had guarded her ruffled...
A-are you going on a raid tomorrow after you take me home?He glanced up from his work. With this? His dark eyes filled with laughter as he peered along the crooked shaft of the lance. Blue Eyes, a cro...
Your name, wha--what was it? Habbe what? What does it mean?Habbe Esa, Road to the Wolf, Hunter of the Wolf. My brother the wolf showed his face in my name dream.Y-your name dream? She wriggled away an...
You must trust the Great Ones, If you are certain she is the woman of the prophecy, then all will be well. The song cannot come to pass if she dies.Hunter tucked in his chin to study the girl’s mud-s...
When at last she scooted over to him, Hunter experienced a feeling like none he had ever felt. It went beyond satisfaction, beyond contentment. Having her fair head on his shoulder felt perfectly righ...
What if you were attacking a farm, and you saw me at one of the windows? What would you do?I would salute you. There will be no war between us.
Well? I've had a great birthday so far. Are you going to make it the most memorable one of my life by telling me you love me back?~Isaiah Coulter