“And I am yours, ntehem,” he whispered. “But I wonder if it is wrong of me to keep you here. I wonder if it is wrong of me to love you so much, to want you…to make you stay in this time.”
“You’re a fool, warrior,” she said softly. She placed her hand on his cheek and kissed him. “You can’t make me do anything! Haven’t you learned that yet?”
She turned abruptly. She would end his troubles, strike the worry from his heart, and tear the seeds of doubt away with one quick launch. Pulling her arm back, she prepared to throw the Bloodstone into the waterfall, but he stopped her with a firm hand around her wrist.
“No, little Fire Heart,” he murmured. He placed the lanyard around her neck, then pressed his hand over the stone against her heart. “It is part of you now. Keep it with you, as I will keep you, and let the right or wrong of it be damned.”
Maggie brushed her fingers over his.
“All right, then.”
They could see the others downstream from their spot on the waterfall, traveling in a line beside the river. Chetan let out a holler and Winn returned it in kind. She took her husband’s hand, and they left to join their family.
THE END
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Return of the Pale Feather
CHAPTER 1
Maggie
MAGGIE REINED HER mount in closer to Winn’s war pony, taking comfort in the touch of her husband’s knee against hers as their horses brushed together. She reached for him, her fingers sliding against the slick skin of his golden-brown thigh. It had been a long ride on a humid summer day without rest, a sacrifice made to speed their journey home, and she was glad it would soon come to an end.
“Do you need rest?” Winn asked, placing his hand over hers. She shook her head.
“No. I just want to get back. The sooner the better.”
He tipped his head toward her, a slight movement, yet she felt the sudden tension of his leg muscle under her hand as his blue eyes met hers. She wanted to ask what was wrong, but if she knew nothing of his warrior ways by now, she knew enough when to keep silent. Her own body stiffened, her response attuned to his. He slowed his pony and hers followed suit.
“I think you are right. We will stop to rest,” he said, his voice louder than necessary. She felt the pressure of his fingers as he gave her hand a gentle squeeze, then slid down off his mount. Unease crept in as he lifted his arms to her waist to help her down.
He never helped her dismount, there was no need. She was perfectly capable, and he was no gentleman.
“I suppose I could use a drink,” she whispered.
His eyes held hers as she slid off the horse. He kept her close, her body sliding down tight against his bare chest, and if she had not been so scared she would have been lost in the delicious sensation as he kept her shielded between him and the horse. She welcomed his touch, even knowing it was a ploy. His lips traced a path over her sun-scorched cheek to her ear where his words fell whispered in her hair as if only sweet endearments.
“We are being tracked. I think there are two men. One is behind us now. The other circles us.”
She bit down over her lower lip as he pressed a kiss to that soft sensitive place near her collarbone.
“How long have you known?” she asked. His arm slipped down around her waist and he pulled her closer.
“Since we left the river.”
“That was miles ago! You should have told me!” she hissed.
“There was no need for you to know!” he snapped back.
She ran her hands through his thick black hair, in part to continue the rouse, yet also to convey her frustration. He uttered a low growl in warning before he shoved her away. Stumbling backward a few paces before she regained her footing, she watched as Winn crouched into a defensive stance to face the two men who approached them.
The men were not strangers.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
E.B. Brown enjoys researching history and genealogy and uses her findings to cultivate new ideas for her writing. Her debut novel, The Legend of the Bloodstone (Time Walkers #1), was a Quarter-finalist in the 2013 ABNA contest. An excerpt from another Time Walkers novel, A Tale of Oak and Mistletoe (Time Walkers #4), was a finalist in the 2013 RWA/NYC We Need a Hero Contest.
E.B. loves mudding in her Jeep Wrangler and likes to cause all kinds of havoc the rest of the time. She resides in New Jersey.
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