Savage Abandon by Cassie Edwards

Author:Cassie Edwards
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781428505360
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.
Published: 2008-12-04T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

In life we share a single guilt,

In death we will share a single coffin.

—Tao-Sheng

The mournful sounds of people wailing, of flutes and drums being played, filled the village of the Bird Clan.

Wolf Hawk had come to Mia at daybreak and awakened her. He had carried a tray of fruits and meats, and she’d been surprised that he would awaken her so early to eat the morning meal.

But moments later she understood.

He had told her that today his people would hold the burial rites for the two fallen braves. He had said that he would be gone for most of the day, joining the rites.

He also had told her that no warrior would be standing outside her appointed lodge, for all the people of his village would be participating.

He had told her that he trusted her not to flee now that she knew she was in no danger of being harmed while she was among his people. Oddly enough he had not asked her to promise not to escape.

She hated the idea of leaving after looking into his midnight-dark eyes. There was not only trust in them, but also caring.

She did not know how it could be happening, but she, too, cared for him. It was his voice, his manner, his magical way of just being who he was, so handsome and intriguing, that had awoken these feelings that she had never felt for a man before.

And she no longer blamed him for her father’s death. She knew that her father had been living on borrowed time. His heart had been steadily weakening all during their trip.

“Oh, Papa, I miss you so,” Mia sobbed out, feeling an emptiness inside at the thought of never seeing him or being held by him again.

All that she had ever known was gone now.

It was only herself, and…

No. She should not put Wolf Hawk into the category of someone who was now a part of her world, for she knew that he would soon set her free to go on her way, to find her way alone in the world. She should not put aside her plans for him.

Wolf Hawk was just someone taking a role in her life for a short while, and then, he, too, would be in her past. Although they both obviously had feelings for each other, he was a proud chief, and he would surely not make a white woman a permanent part of his world.

“What am I to do?” Mia said, standing and pacing.

She had eaten and felt comfortably full.

The morning air was now warm and pleasant as it wafted through the opened entrance flap, which she had brushed aside.

There was a soft fire in the fire pit, which she planned to let burn itself out. The sun was shining so bright today, she believed it was going to be one of the warmer days of spring.

“A good day to flee…” she found herself whispering.

She stepped to the entranceway and gazed out. She saw no one. The pro

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