Yellowstone Redemption by Peggy L Henderson

Author:Peggy L Henderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, historical romance, romance and love, western historical romance, romance adventure, time travel romance, romance and paranormal, romance book series
Publisher: Peggy L Henderson

Chapter 19

Sarah paced along the riverbank. The horse she’d been given to return home on cropped lazily at the tall grasses. She hadn’t slept all night. Was Chase dead? Surely someone would have announced their victory to her by now if he had been killed. She fought the urge to mount up and cross the Firehole, and search for him. Chief Heavy Moccasin had warned her not to interfere. If she was found on the other side of the Firehole, his warriors had permission to kill her, too.

She recalled some of the horrific tales told by other trappers of the Blackfoot toying with their captives. The games were never intended to bring victory to the unfortunate prisoner. They were designed to torture and prolong death. Chase didn’t stand a chance. She had never heard of anyone surviving one of these cruel games.

She’d known there was no hope for him the moment Heavy Moccasin had told her of his intent. She had bartered and pleaded with him for Chase’s life to no avail. She’d even threatened that her father would no longer trade with the tribe.

Heavy Moccasin had merely laughed at her, saying he would not bargain with a woman, and she should consider herself fortunate that she’d be allowed to return to her home unharmed. He even granted her a brief moment to speak with Chase. Out of respect for her father, he had given her the use of a horse, and allowed her to retrieve Chase’s clothing. When she’d left the village, he had told her someone would send her a piece of Chase’s body as a gift. It was considered a great honor. Sarah swallowed back the bitterness in her throat at the thought.

The horse suddenly popped its head up. Grass hung from its lips. Its ears were pricked and its head turned towards the river. Sarah’s heart beat faster. What had the horse seen or heard? She grabbed for her rifle and scanned into the distance. She couldn’t see anything except the smoke and mist from the hot water pools on the opposite side of the river.

The horse didn’t resume its grazing. It moved around nervously, and Sarah was grateful that she’d remembered to hobble the mare’s front legs together to keep her from running off. Something was definitely on the other side of the river. Her eyes moved systematically up and down along the tree line far off in the distance. Suddenly she spotted two warriors. They were running towards the hot springs in her direction. What were they doing? Sarah dared not hope. Was Chase alive? Had he made it this far? It seemed impossible. Those two warriors were definitely trying to position themselves to head someone off.

Sarah continued to scan into the distance, her heart pounding as she struggled to see anything. There! To the south, a figure darted out of the trees. She dared not believe her eyes. Chase! She laughed, tears streaming down her face. This man, this incredible man was making

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