, let's go."
Loretta gave Tom's neck a final hug and eased herself out of his embrace. She tried to smile at him but couldn't. Hunter seized her by the arm and drew her toward Tom's horse, which was now outfitted in Comanche riding gear. When he lifted her onto the mare's back, she wondered if he would tie her on, as he had before, and received her answer when he mounted behind her, encircling her waist with one arm.
Loretta craned her neck to keep Tom in sight as Hunter nudged the mare forward into a trot. A knot of tears swelled at the base of her throat. This was it, her last contact with home.
"Do not look behind you, Blue Eyes," Hunter murmured. "We go to a new place, eh? It will be good."
Loretta doubted that.
Loretta gave Tom's neck a final hug and eased herself out of his embrace. She tried to smile at him but couldn't. Hunter seized her by the arm and drew her toward Tom's horse, which was now outfitted in Comanche riding gear. When he lifted her onto the mare's back, she wondered if he would tie her on, as he had before, and received her answer when he mounted behind her, encircling her waist with one arm.
Loretta craned her neck to keep Tom in sight as Hunter nudged the mare forward into a trot. A knot of tears swelled at the base of her throat. This was it, her last contact with home.
"Do not look behind you, Blue Eyes," Hunter murmured. "We go to a new place, eh? It will be good."
Loretta doubted that.
( Catherine Anderson )
[ Comanche Moon ]
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