Forever His Texas Bride by Broday Linda

Author:Broday, Linda [Broday, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Historical Romance
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2015-11-30T08:00:00+00:00

Twenty-one

With everyone pitching in, it didn’t take long to set the camp to rights. Even some of the children helped in making them a place to sleep.

As Brett restored some semblance of order, his blood boiled anew when he discovered a rope around one of the poles sticking from the top of the tepee and dangling down the side, where one of the attackers had attempted to pull it over. Deep sadness and anger permeated his very being and seeped down into his soul.

They’d invaded his home…his one place of peace.

At what point would it all end? His heart cried out for the tranquillity that had been stripped from the land he loved.

This must be how the Comanche felt after the white men took away their land and destroyed their way of life. His gaze found Bob, who was still working on the buffalo hides for another tepee. Though Brett could’ve finished the job in half the time, he knew the old Comanche needed to feel useful.

After Bob finally completed the sewing, Brett and some of the men cut poles and erected a second tepee. He put Rayna and Sister Bronwen, plus a few of the weakest children, into it.

While he worked, Brett made a point to check on Adam several times. His nephew had been in a lot of pain, so Doc had given him a big dose of medicine. Now Adam was in a deep sleep. But early afternoon when Brett stepped into the tepee again, he was awake. “I’m sorry, Uncle Brett. I couldn’t get out of the way quick enough.”

“No need to apologize. You did nothing wrong. You manned your post every bit as well as I did mine.”

“I left you to face them alone,” Adam pointed out. “You needed me.”

Touching Adam’s bandaged shoulder and chest, Brett blinked hard. The apology was his to make, not Adam’s. He cleared his throat. “You didn’t let me down, so don’t even think it. I’m sorry I put your life at risk. I should’ve kept you with me.”

Adam’s glare hardened. “Because you think I’m still a kid and need to have someone watch me like a hawk? I’m a man. I’m not as tall as you or have your muscles, but I’m a man all the same.”

“I know that, son. I’m proud to have you stand beside me. But maybe I needed the reminder. I’d send for your mother, but it’s too dangerous out here.”

“I don’t want her to see me like this anyway,” Adam said. “She’d make me go into town. I’m tired of being safe. I want to do something important.”

Brett touched his shoulder. “I think I understand what you mean.”

“When those men came last night, all I could think about was making sure they didn’t hurt these orphans. I didn’t even care what happened to me as long as I could stop ’em.” Adam’s sudden outburst revealed the rage inside.

When Brett spoke, his voice was thick and a bit raspy. “That’s what being a man is about.

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