Otto's Offer (Lockets And Lace Book 3) by Zina Abbott

Author:Zina Abbott [Abbott, Zina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, Women's Fiction, Victorian Era, 19th Century, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Love Possibility, Frontier-Pioneer Era, Western Romance, Hearts Desire, American West, Clean & Wholesome, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, Lockets And Lace Series, Multi-Author Collection
Publisher: Robyn Echols
Published: 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER 15

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After Libby had insisted he take the pallet before she disappeared back upstairs, he began to feel the walls of the house close around him. He followed Henry outside long enough to grab his blanket roll which, thankfully, remained at the foot of the ladder. After making his bed, he returned to the kitchen to take more of pain powder and to rub some of the liniment on his lower back.

Otto smiled as he massaged the inflamed muscle that covered the nerve shooting darts of pain. It was good those in the house were asleep, and he was going to be outdoors risking a cattle stampede if he hollered in the night with one of his nightmares. The salve really did stink.

The next morning, after a restless night in which Otto had awakened more than once due to his nightmares, he winced as he rolled on the pallet on which he had made his bed under the tree across the yard from the house. With his arm flung across his eyes, he listened to his body tell him of its pain level. His lower back ached, but he barely felt the stabbing pain that tended to trail from his spine down the back of his leg.

Otto dropped his arm to his side. He felt the sun’s warmth as much as he saw light glowing through his eyelids seconds before the sounds of stomping horses’ hooves and the clatter of tack registered. They warned him he had slept later than was his habit and the sun had risen above the horizon. Others were already up and getting the Palmer wagon and horses ready for them to continue their journey. With a stab of guilt over still sleeping while others worked, Otto jerked his body to a sitting position only to almost fall back with a startled grunt. Leaning over him loomed the startling gray eyes in the face of Charlie Gray Cloud. “Charlie. I wasn’t expecting you.”

Crouched on his haunches with his forearms resting on his knees, Charlie answered by giving what he called his white man’s smile. Although most of his facial features, dress and the manner in which he wore the sides of his head bare of any hair advertised the Kaw half of his ancestry, in addition to his eye color, he had inherited his jaw and teeth from his white father. It allowed him to show a toothy smile that looked out of place in his otherwise Kaw face. He often used it as a means to throw people off-balance.

Gracefully, Charlie rose to stand upright, and he extended his hand to Otto to help him up. “You look well, cousin of my brother’s wife.”

Otto rubbed his bristly chin and then finger-combed his long hair. “I doubt that. Are Leander and Kizzie with you?”

“No. They went on to see Kizzie’s parents. She did not know her grandparents were here, or they might have come with me.”

“You’re getting a late start, aren’t you? Are you hauling freight on Smoky Hill Trail this time?”

Charlie grimaced and shook his head.

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