The Other Guy's Bride by Brockway Connie

Author:Brockway, Connie [Brockway, Connie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2011-11-22T05:00:00+00:00

Ginesse watched Jim secure his kit, emptied of his pistol, over his shoulder and accept the canteen Juba offered. Then he leapt lightly atop the stallion’s bare back—a saddle was not part of the deal. He looked down at Juba. “The girl is a virgin. I believe your leader will set great store by that,” he said in a loud, but otherwise inconsequential tone.

Ginesse thanked him for that. He’d just turned her virginity into part of the gift the Tuaregs were bringing to the chief, the amenokal. Juba would be much less prone to rape her now that his compatriots had been informed of her increased value. She hoped.

She stared at Jim, willing him to turn around and look at her and somehow relay that everything was going to be all right. Even dazed with fear and shock Ginesse could not help but admire his horsemanship. Her father was a good rider—no, a great rider—but he had nothing on Jim Owens. There was no violent kicking, no coarse whoops, or lashing of reins. Whatever he did was done noiselessly, undetectably. One instant the horse was standing perfectly still, the next the pair of them were flying silently out across the sand, past the reach of their fire’s light, a centaur come to life.

He did not look back.

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