Reckless Heart by Madeline Baker

Author:Madeline Baker [Baker, Madeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Erotica, C429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9781419937668
Publisher: Jasmine Jade
Published: 2012-03-28T21:00:00+00:00

It was a glorious summer. Often, Shadow and I rode to the river crossing to swim or just to be alone.

Once, we rode to the trading post. Tears burned my eyes as we rode to the spot where my home had once stood. There was nothing left now, only an area of blackened ground where the house and barn had been.

Standing there, I relived the awful day when the Indians had attacked our place. I saw David killed again and experienced anew the pain of my mother’s death. I heard my Pa’s voice, filled with emotion, as he urged me to go with Shadow.

With a sob, I sank down to my knees and let the tears flow. Fragmented images danced across my mind’s eye. There was Orin, running for his life, a bear cub in his arms, while the mother bear chased him. There was Joshua, so blondly handsome, pleading with me to marry him, jealousy accusing me of loving Orin. There was my dear mother, a smile on her lips as she lovingly patted my shoulder. There was Pa, a bulwark of strength in times of sorrow, a happy grin and a hug during good times.

One after the other, all the people I had once known paraded down the corridor of my memory. I saw David smiling at me, his eyes full of love as he made me laugh during that dismal winter when I thought I had lost Shadow forever.

And there was Shadow as a young boy, his dark eyes arrogant and defiant, daring me to feel sorry for him because his mother was dead. How different my life would have turned out if I had not met him that day at Rabbit’s Head Rock so long ago.

He stood beside me now while I laid my ghosts to rest. Impassively silent, he let me grieve, and then he took me in his arms. I sighed as I buried my face against his chest, grateful for the comfort of his arms and the love in his eyes.

We never rode to that part of Bear Valley again.

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