The next three days passed in a blur. Most of the time Loretta slept, while Hunter watched over her. When she awoke he was always nearby, either inside the lodge or within sight beyond the doorway. In...
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...
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...
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...
Your wooden walls are far away, Yellow Hair. If you try to slip away, this Comanche will find you.Until that moment, the thought of swimming off hadn’t occurred to her. She shot a glance over her shou...
Uncle Henry visiting a fancy house? Oh, Aunt Rachel, I bet those ladies double their rates when they see the likes of him coming!No doubt, Rachel said grimly.
I have the strongest arm in my lodge circle. Her pouting will not sway me. If that’s being bullheaded, then I sure enough am.Many Horses rolled his eyes.You think my arm is not the strongest?I think y...
There’s a time and a place for everything, and this isn’t it.No? He ran a hand under her blouse. I say it is a very good time.She jerked when his fingers scaled her ribs. That tickles.Without warning...
I’m frightened, she said shakily.I am frightened beside you, he murmured.You? But why are you--Because you are sunshine. Because you make a glad song inside me. I have great fear that you will go away...
This small woman filled the empty places inside him, made him feel whole again.
I will not lift my blade against you.But what if you didn’t know? What if you went on a raid and I was there, fighting to protect my family and friends? What if I sighted in on some murdering savage,...
Oh, Hunter, if I rode into this village with the and killed your people, how would you feel?His face tightened. You would kill my mother? Warrior and Maiden? The little ones?No. And you wouldn’t Aunt...
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...
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...
Loretta awoke shortly after dawn, alone in a cocoon of fur. She had only the haziest memory of Hunter carrying her to bed after making love to her last night. She sat up, clutching the buffalo robe to...
Perhaps we have acted wrongly, sending you to fetch her. Perhaps it was meant for her to come of her own free will.Hunter swallowed back an argument. Though he didn’t believe his little blue-eyes woul...
You will drink?Her eyes glittered up at him, so filled with hatred that a chill ran up his spine. Hunter grasped her chin again. Her nose, Warrior. And this time, turn loose when she starts to swallow...
So much Where are you, Blue Eyes?He started to lift her dress. Loretta reached behind her and caught his hand. Wha--what’re you doin’?He lifted his head, eyes alight with teasing mischief. I search f...
Even at a distance he recognized the way she sat a horse, the tilt of her head. He couldn’t believe she had come so far and so quickly. Fate had indeed led her in a circle back to him.Ordering Blackbi...
You hurt?Loretta knew he had gone to great lengths to be gentle with her earlier, but she was sore nonetheless. The ache was to be expected, she felt sure, and probably would disappear in a day or two...
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