--- title: "19 Last time Quotes By Catherine Anderson" description: "19 Last time quotes by Catherine Anderson. Plus more from Catherine Anderson and more Last time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_sleep-mah-tao-yo-this-last-time-at-my-si_1545384.jpg" --- > [“Sleep, mah-tao-yo. This last time, at my side.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/sleep-mah-tao-yo-this-last-time-at-my-side/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_sleep-mah-tao-yo-this-last-time-at-my-si_1545384.jpg) > [“Tears sprang to Hunter’s eyes when she reached up to hug his neck, clinging to him even though he was the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/tears-sprang-to-hunter-s-eyes-when-she-reached-up-to-hug-his-neck/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_tears-sprang-to-hunter-s-eyes-when-she-r_1320887.jpg) > [“Are you sad? About saying good-bye tomorrow?” “No. You will ride in a great circle back to me. The Great Ones have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/are-you-sad-about-saying-good-bye-tomorrow-no-you-will-ride-in-a-2/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_are-you-sad-about-saying-good-bye-tomorr_990298.jpg) > [“I would ask one thing of you, tah-mah. Ride beside me one last time into battle. It will be our final memory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/i-would-ask-one-thing-of-you-tah-mah-ride-beside-me-one-last-time/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_i-would-ask-one-thing-of-you-tah-mah-rid_1143225.jpg) > [“You make a smile inside me, that is why I want you. The way a man wants his wife.” He ran a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/you-make-a-smile-inside-me-that-is-why-i-want-you-the-way-a-man-wants/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_you-make-a-smile-inside-me-that-is-why-i_1908795.jpg) > [“I don’t know why you even want me!” A sad smile twisted his mouth as he recalled how she had walked out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/i-don-t-know-why-you-even-want-me-a-sad-smile-twisted-his-mouth-as-he/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/catherine-anderson-308_comanche_i-don-t-know-why-you-even-want-me-a-sad_2810186.jpg) > [“ Ob-be mah-e-vah. ” “What?” “Make room for me.” He lifted the robe and joined her on the pallet. “Wha--you’re not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/ob-be-mah-e-vah-what-make-room-for-me-he-lifted-the-robe-and-joined/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_ob-be-mah-e-vah-what-make-room-for-me-he_1054744.jpg) > [“If we meet in battle, I will know the song your heart sings, eh? And you will know mine.” She swallowed, trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/if-we-meet-in-battle-i-will-know-the-song-your-heart-sings-eh-and-you-2/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/catherine-anderson-308_battle_if-we-meet-in-battle-i-will-know-the-son_3224535.jpg) > [“The hate has gone from you to a faraway place you cannot find, as it was spoken in the prophecy. That’s why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/the-hate-has-gone-from-you-to-a-faraway-place-you-cannot-find-as-it-2/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/catherine-anderson-308_hope_the-hate-has-gone-from-you-to-a-faraway_2195681.jpg) > [“Hunter turned toward her and looped an arm around her waist. His eyes were dark splashes in the moonlight. “Blue Eyes, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/hunter-turned-toward-her-and-looped-an-arm-around-her-waist-his-eyes/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/catherine-anderson-308_fear_hunter-turned-toward-her-and-looped-an-a_1143745.jpg) > [“I’d like to be friends again--truly I would.” “Then it will be so.” He nuzzled her ear. “But Hunter, don’t you see?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/i-d-like-to-be-friends-again-truly-i-would-then-it-will-be-so-he/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/catherine-anderson-308_fear_i-d-like-to-be-friends-again-truly-i-wou_2149728.jpg) > [“Ah, yes, this is the way of it, eh? A heathen and his woman?” His face twisted in a sneer as he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/ah-yes-this-is-the-way-of-it-eh-a-heathen-and-his-woman-his-face/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_ah-yes-this-is-the-way-of-it-eh-a-heathe_1047387.jpg) > [“You make a smile inside me, that is why I want you. The way a man wants his wife.” He ran a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/you-make-a-smile-inside-me-that-is-why-i-want-you-the-way-a-man-wants-3/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/catherine-anderson-308_fear_you-make-a-smile-inside-me-that-is-why-i_2993950.jpg) > [“Knowing what he wanted, he went after it with single-minded intensity, until a hoarse moan ripped from her and she arched toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/knowing-what-he-wanted-he-went-after-it-with-single-minded-intensity-2/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/catherine-anderson-308_agonizing_knowing-what-he-wanted-he-went-after-it_3149005.jpg) > [“It was my wish to make your fear small, not big. To become your good friend, not your enemy.” “Oh, Hunter, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/it-was-my-wish-to-make-your-fear-small-not-big-to-become-your-good/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/catherine-anderson-308_fear_it-was-my-wish-to-make-your-fear-small-n_711071.jpg) > [“This was it, the last time they would ever eat together beside a fire. The very last time. It was insane to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/this-was-it-the-last-time-they-would-ever-eat-together-beside-a-fire/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/catherine-anderson-308_death_this-was-it-the-last-time-they-would-eve_2685441.jpg) > [“A-are you going on a raid tomorrow after you take me home?” He glanced up from his work. “With this? His dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/a-are-you-going-on-a-raid-tomorrow-after-you-take-me-home-he-glanced/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/catherine-anderson-308_dark-eyes_a-are-you-going-on-a-raid-tomorrow-after_512332.jpg) > [“ Toquet , it is well, little one. It is finished, eh?” She panted, tossing her head. “It h-hurts!” “It will pass,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/toquet-it-is-well-little-one-it-is-finished-eh-she-panted-tossing-her/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/catherine-anderson-308_empty-places_toquet-it-is-well-little-one-it-is-finis_48850.jpg) > [“I will go wherever the Great Ones lead me,” Hunter whispered. “You know I will. It’s just that I can’t see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/i-will-go-wherever-the-great-ones-lead-me-hunter-whispered-you-know-i-2/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_i-will-go-wherever-the-great-ones-lead-m_580998.jpg) ## Other authors on Last time ## More by Catherine Anderson > [“You’d better keep her tied.” “Why?” A yawn stretched Hunter’s dark face. “Because she’s looking skittish.” “She’s naked.” Sheathing his knife, Hunter flopped on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/you-d-better-keep-her-tied-why-a-yawn-stretched-hunter-s-dark-face/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“I have such great love for you, little one. Such great love.” “I love you just as much, Hunter. I thought I’d die when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/i-have-such-great-love-for-you-little-one-such-great-love-i-love-you/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“Blue Eyes, you will say yes to me?” “Tonight? Now?” “Yes, tonight. Before this time between us passes.” When she sat, silent, watching, Hunter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/blue-eyes-you-will-say-yes-to-me-tonight-now-yes-tonight-before-this/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“My heart is filled with great love for you,” he whispered. Tears sprang to Loretta’s eyes. She couldn’t name the emotion that caused them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/my-heart-is-filled-with-great-love-for-you-he-whispered-tears-sprang/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“I’m in no need of matrimony, Father. I still have my honor.” Hunter jerked her to his side and, in an ominously even voice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/i-m-in-no-need-of-matrimony-father-i-still-have-my-honor-hunter/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“You know, I should start thinking on names. I have to be over two months gone. A name is important. Especially for this baby.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/you-know-i-should-start-thinking-on-names-i-have-to-be-over-two/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“As he tightened his embrace around her, he knew he'd made the right choice. He held the whole world in his arms.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/as-he-tightened-his-embrace-around-her-he-knew-he-d-made-the-right/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“You will tell your sons and daughters about me, yes?” Hunter wished he could weep, but the tears were dammed behind his lids, aching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/you-will-tell-your-sons-and-daughters-about-me-yes-hunter-wished-he/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“Speaking of pits in plum pudding, do you remember your sister’s first attempt? Your grandfather broke off his only remaining tooth trying to eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/speaking-of-pits-in-plum-pudding-do-you-remember-your-sister-s-first/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“You ever seen what they do to a captive white woman? If you ask me, them Injuns got exactly what was coming to ’em.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/you-ever-seen-what-they-do-to-a-captive-white-woman-if-you-ask-me/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“I would like to make arrangements with you--to take her as my wife. Not right away, of course. When she grows old enough.” The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/i-would-like-to-make-arrangements-with-you-to-take-her-as-my-wife-not/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“ Toquet , it is well, little one. It is finished, eh?” She panted, tossing her head. “It h-hurts!” “It will pass,” he assured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/toquet-it-is-well-little-one-it-is-finished-eh-she-panted-tossing-her/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“Make a story for me, yes? About my Loh-rhett-ah when she was small like Blackbird.” She stared at him, clearly unable to believe he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/make-a-story-for-me-yes-about-my-loh-rhett-ah-when-she-was-small-like/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“He ran his palm up the curve of her back and then removed his arm from around her, amused at how swiftly she rolled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/he-ran-his-palm-up-the-curve-of-her-back-and-then-removed-his-arm/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) > [“Another uplifting development was Amy’s recovery from her ordeal. Loretta could scarcely believe how quickly the child was regaining her former gaiety, and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/another-uplifting-development-was-amy-s-recovery-from-her-ordeal/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/last-time/catherine-anderson/#itemlist", "name": "19 Last time Quotes By Catherine Anderson", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Sleep, mah-tao-yo. 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The way a man wants his wife.” He ran a hand up her…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I don’t know why you even want me!” A sad smile twisted his mouth as he recalled how she had walked out alone to face a hundred Comanches, one small woman against an army. “You make a smile inside me, that is why I want you. The way a man wants his wife.” He ran a hand up her back, kneading her tense muscles. “You will trust this Comanche? As you did when you rode in a great circle back to me? This one last time, you will trust? No hurting after the virgin pain--and no shame. 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He rolled onto his side and laid an arm across her waist. Their faces were scant inches apart. Their gazes locked. His teeth gleamed again in a slow smile. “Are you sad? About saying good-bye tomorrow?” “No. You will ride in a great circle back to me. The Great Ones have spoken it.” “In your song?” She sniffed. “That song has caused me enough grief.” He tightened his arm and drew her closer, “Sleep, mah-tao-yo. This last time, at my side.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/ob-be-mah-e-vah-what-make-room-for-me-he-lifted-the-robe-and-joined/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_ob-be-mah-e-vah-what-make-room-for-me-he_1054744.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_ob-be-mah-e-vah-what-make-room-for-me-he_1054744.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_ob-be-mah-e-vah-what-make-room-for-me-he_1054744.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ob-be mah-e-vah. ” “What?” “Make room for me.” He lifted the robe and joined her on the pallet. “Wha--you’re…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If we meet in battle, I will know the song your heart sings, eh? And you will know mine.” She swallowed, trying to read his expression, frustrated by the shadows. “What if it happened? What if you were attacking a farm, and you saw me at one of the windows? What would you do?” “I would salute you. There will be no war between us.” “There is war between us, though. Our people hate each other, Hunter.” He sighed and peered through the gloom at her. “ Ob-be mah-e-vah. ” “What?” “Make room for me.” He lifted the robe and joined her on the pallet. “Wha--you’re not going to sleep with me?” “ Nei che-ida-ha , I am very terribly cold.” Loretta suspected he was lying, but she moved over, secretly glad to have him there, her mind shying away from the enormity of what that meant. He rolled onto his side and laid an arm across her waist. Their faces were scant inches apart. Their gazes locked. His teeth gleamed again in a slow smile. “Are you sad? About saying good-bye tomorrow?” “No. You will ride in a great circle back to me. The Great Ones have spoken it.” “In your song?” She sniffed. “That song has caused me enough grief.” He tightened his arm and drew her closer, “Sleep, mah-tao-yo. This last time, at my side.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/if-we-meet-in-battle-i-will-know-the-song-your-heart-sings-eh-and-you-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/catherine-anderson-308_battle_if-we-meet-in-battle-i-will-know-the-son_3224535.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/catherine-anderson-308_battle_if-we-meet-in-battle-i-will-know-the-son_3224535.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/catherine-anderson-308_battle_if-we-meet-in-battle-i-will-know-the-son_3224535.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If we meet in battle, I will know the song your heart sings, eh? And you will know mine.” She swallowed…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The hate has gone from you to a faraway place you cannot find, as it was spoken in the prophecy. That’s why it is time for you to walk your own way. You must fight the last great fight for the People, yes? And you must fight it alone. I have to stay here. For our mother, my children. You’re our hope, our only hope.” “You call it hope? I call it running away.” “No! When we run, we find someplace familiar and safe. Winter will be upon us soon. You will face uncertainty and great danger when you go west.” Giving Hunter a small shake, Warrior cried, “You are our hope, Hunter! Why can’t you see that? When the last Comanche puts down his weapon, when the last chief says it is finished, we will know it is not finished. We will know that the People live on--far away from this place--that our songs are being sung, that our ways are being honored. I know you feel great fear, but fear has never stopped you. You mustn’t let it stop you now.” “I will go wherever the Great Ones lead me,” Hunter whispered. “You know I will. It’s just that I can’t see the path they want me to follow. There is no one to lead me.” “The path will be there. When you turn your face westward you will know , deep within, where to place your feet.” Warrior’s voice rang with certainty. “I would ask one thing of you, tah-mah. Ride beside me one last time into battle. It will be our final memory of each other, yes?” Once again Hunter remembered looking into that white man’s blue eyes. The battles shall stretch before him with no horizon. When would it ever end? But his brother had made this request of him. “I will ride with you,” Hunter whispered. “One last time.” Straightening his pallet, Warrior stretched out on his back, so close his arm brushed Hunter’s. After a long while he said, “You will tell your sons and daughters about me, yes?” Hunter wished he could weep, but the tears were dammed behind his lids, aching and burning. “Yes. And you will tell yours of me?” “I will tell them.” Warrior’s voice cracked. “Of you and your golden one and the song that led you west. Love her well, tah-mah. The days together are brief.” “Yes.” Hunter knew Warrior was thinking of Maiden of the Tall Grass. In a husky voice, he added, “Far too brief.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/the-hate-has-gone-from-you-to-a-faraway-place-you-cannot-find-as-it-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/catherine-anderson-308_hope_the-hate-has-gone-from-you-to-a-faraway_2195681.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/catherine-anderson-308_hope_the-hate-has-gone-from-you-to-a-faraway_2195681.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/catherine-anderson-308_hope_the-hate-has-gone-from-you-to-a-faraway_2195681.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The hate has gone from you to a faraway place you cannot find, as it was spoken in the prophecy. That’s why…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hunter turned toward her and looped an arm around her waist. His eyes were dark splashes in the moonlight. “Blue Eyes, it will be good. Trust this Comanche.” “How can it be, Hunter?” “I will make it so.” He feathered a finger across her bottom lip. Trust. His voice, his gentle touch, delved deep, turning her warm and liquid, melting her resistance. She closed her eyes. In four more days, maybe less, she would be back in Hunter’s village. “Hunter, why did you tie me to stakes again tonight? How long do you plan to do that?” “Until my touch is carved in your heart.” “Oh, Hunter, it’s already carved in my heart. When I ran from you, it wasn’t out of fear.” “You said hi, hites with a rifle. You will have no fear again. Anger, maybe much hatred, but no fear.” He trailed a knuckle along her cheek. “You made pictures of your remembering. Now I make new rememberings, so they are very much good.” Puzzled, Loretta studied his dark face. Then she realized he was referring to her memories of her mother’s death--the Comanches, the stakes, her torturous last minutes. He was deliberately evoking those memories, only to expunge them by gently loving her. When she thought of his stakes now, she thought of shivers running down her spine, of sweet kisses in moonlight, of wonderfully strong arms enfolding her with warmth. Tears sprang to her eye. “Thank you for the new memories, Hunter. They are very much good.” His face drew close. “This Comanche wants to make more new remembering.” She took a ragged breath. “I can’t. Don’t you see? To say yes is surrendering all that I am.” He manacled her wrists with his iron grip. “That too is why I tie you.” His lips brushed hers, setting her senses afire. “You will make war tomorrow?” He whispered the question into her mouth, his breath warm and sweet. His tongue touched hers. Loretta’s heart caught at the careful way he drew her against him. Tomorrow. It seemed soon enough for fighting him. For tonight, she couldn’t stop herself from loving him--one last time.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/hunter-turned-toward-her-and-looped-an-arm-around-her-waist-his-eyes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/catherine-anderson-308_fear_hunter-turned-toward-her-and-looped-an-a_1143745.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/catherine-anderson-308_fear_hunter-turned-toward-her-and-looped-an-a_1143745.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/catherine-anderson-308_fear_hunter-turned-toward-her-and-looped-an-a_1143745.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hunter turned toward her and looped an arm around her waist. His eyes were dark splashes in the moonlight…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’d like to be friends again--truly I would.” “Then it will be so.” He nuzzled her ear. “But Hunter, don’t you see? We’re married. ” “Ah, yes, married.” Hunter’s mind circled the word, trying to imagine what images it conjured for her. “And good friends, yes? Trust. This last time. My hand upon you has brought pain?” “No,” she whispered hoarsely. “I have beaten you?” “No.” She pressed closer to him and encircled his neck with her arms. “Oh, Hunter, what must you think of me?” “I think there is big fear inside you.” “Without cause. You’ve never been cruel to me, never, and yet…” A shiver coursed through her. In a rush, she told him of the many times she had heard her aunt Rachel whimpering late at night. “I keep telling myself it won’t be like that with you, that Henry’s mean as sin and that’s why she cries, but--” She broke off and swallowed. “What if that isn’t it? What if it’s as horrible as it sounds?” Seeing through her eyes, Hunter found himself smiling again. He considered telling her that many women whimpered when their men loved them, but he decided it would be unwise. He ran his hand up her slender back, aching to touch her soft skin instead of leather. He controlled the urge, reluctant to shatter the mood by startling her. “No more fear, eh? If I grow angry, I will bring you my mother’s spoon.” She sniffed and laughed. “A lot of good a spoon would be.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/i-d-like-to-be-friends-again-truly-i-would-then-it-will-be-so-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/catherine-anderson-308_fear_i-d-like-to-be-friends-again-truly-i-wou_2149728.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/catherine-anderson-308_fear_i-d-like-to-be-friends-again-truly-i-wou_2149728.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/catherine-anderson-308_fear_i-d-like-to-be-friends-again-truly-i-wou_2149728.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I’d like to be friends again--truly I would.” “Then it will be so.” He nuzzled her ear. “But Hunter, don’t…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ah, yes, this is the way of it, eh? A heathen and his woman?” His face twisted in a sneer as he rolled her sensitive flesh between his finger and thumb, sending shocks of sensation shooting into her belly. “Hunter, the one who rapes and tortures? That is me.” Abandoning her breast, he rocked back on his heels and jerked up her skirt. “This is very good, Blue Eyes. The animal in me likes having you tied.” With that, he stretched out beside her. Even in her turmoil, Loretta heard an echo in every word he spoke. Looking into his eyes, she knew how deeply her leaving had hurt him. Propping himself up on an elbow, he planted a hand on her abdomen and lowered his head to brush his lips across her temple. Her belly convulsed as his fingers began a subtle manipulation, charging her senses, making her skin tingle, in a relentless path toward her breasts. “I will be cruel, yes? And make you weep rivers of tears while I play my games. It will be good, very good.” His mouth touched hers, teasingly light. His hand cupped her breast. Silhouetted against the moon-silvered sky, he was a black outline, his broad shoulders a threatening wall, his long hair drifting in a silken curtain around her. Nightmare or dream? He continued to whisper--saying terrible things, cruel things, taunting her with what was yet to come, living up to all her worst expectations. But his touch was that of a lover, as sweet and magical, as patient and gentle, as the last time they had been together. She knew he had tied her only to prove a point, that no matter what the circumstances, no matter how angry he might become, he would never harm her. “Oh, Hunter, I’m sorry,” she said on the crest of a sob. “I didn’t mean to hurt you like this. I didn’t mean to hurt you.” “You rip my heart out and it should not hurt?” His teeth closed on her earlobe, nipping lightly, sending shivers over her skin. “You spit upon all that I am, and it should not hurt? You abandon me, you dishonor me, and it should not hurt?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/ah-yes-this-is-the-way-of-it-eh-a-heathen-and-his-woman-his-face/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_ah-yes-this-is-the-way-of-it-eh-a-heathe_1047387.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_ah-yes-this-is-the-way-of-it-eh-a-heathe_1047387.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/catherine-anderson-308_last-time_ah-yes-this-is-the-way-of-it-eh-a-heathe_1047387.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ah, yes, this is the way of it, eh? A heathen and his woman?” His face twisted in a sneer as he rolled her…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You make a smile inside me, that is why I want you. The way a man wants his wife.” He ran a hand up her back, kneading her tense muscles. “You will trust this Comanche? As you did when you rode in a great circle back to me? This one last time, you will trust? No hurting after the virgin pain--and no shame. It is a promise I make for you, for always.” Her breath came out in a rush. “Hunter, I’m afraid.” “There is nothing to fear. You will trust, and I will chase your fear away, yes?” A tremor shook her. “I have made lies to you?” “No, never.” “Then you will trust--one last time?” “What will you do if I say no?” Hunter prayed she didn’t. “I will eat you and pick my teeth with your bones.” She laughed, the sound shrill, nervous, and wet with tears. “Or sure enough beat me?” “Ah, yes, I will beat you, sure enough.” He pressed his lips to the wild pulse in her temple, taking measure of her fear. His body tensed as he waited for her answer. “Blue Eyes, you will say yes to me?” “Tonight? Now?” “Yes, tonight. Before this time between us passes.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/you-make-a-smile-inside-me-that-is-why-i-want-you-the-way-a-man-wants-3/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/catherine-anderson-308_fear_you-make-a-smile-inside-me-that-is-why-i_2993950.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/catherine-anderson-308_fear_you-make-a-smile-inside-me-that-is-why-i_2993950.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/catherine-anderson-308_fear_you-make-a-smile-inside-me-that-is-why-i_2993950.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You make a smile inside me, that is why I want you. The way a man wants his wife.” He ran a hand up her…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Knowing what he wanted, he went after it with single-minded intensity, until a hoarse moan ripped from her and she arched toward him, her body jerking with every pass of his tongue. His, at last. Hunter rose over her, his gaze riveted to her flushed face and dazed blue eyes. Skimming his breeches down his hips, he undressed quickly and took off his medicine pouch. Then, positioning himself over her, he seized her hips and drew her toward him. Carefully and with a slowness that was agonizing for him, he pressed himself into her. As he feared, the passage was tight, so tight that he nearly pulled back. His guts clenched, and a tremor crawled up his spine. There wasn’t any way he could spare her pain this first time. She was a slightly built woman, narrow of hip. He was not a small man. Sweat sprang to his brow. She was as ready as he could get her. If he didn’t take her now, he never would. Setting his jaw, Hunter eased farther into her, filled with self-loathing because, even now, though he knew how much he was about to hurt her, fire flared in his belly and his body ached for release. Her eyes widened at the pain, and the color washed from her lips. When he met with the resistance of her maidenhead, he hesitated, then drove forward in one smooth thrust, sheathing himself in liquid heat. She screamed--a shrill, broken cry that cut through him. The next instant she scrambled to escape. Hunter quickly blanketed her body with his and captured her flailing arms. “ Toquet , it is well, little one. It is finished, eh?” She panted, tossing her head. “It h-hurts!” “It will pass,” he assured her huskily. “It will pass. It is a promise I make for you.” She went rigid when he began to move within her, her small face drawing tight. Tears sprang to Hunter’s eyes when she reached up to hug his neck, clinging to him even though he was the one hurting her. He had asked her to trust him this one last time. And she had.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/knowing-what-he-wanted-he-went-after-it-with-single-minded-intensity-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/catherine-anderson-308_agonizing_knowing-what-he-wanted-he-went-after-it_3149005.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/catherine-anderson-308_agonizing_knowing-what-he-wanted-he-went-after-it_3149005.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/catherine-anderson-308_agonizing_knowing-what-he-wanted-he-went-after-it_3149005.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Knowing what he wanted, he went after it with single-minded intensity, until a hoarse moan ripped from her…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was my wish to make your fear small, not big. To become your good friend, not your enemy.” “Oh, Hunter, I wish we could be friends again. Remember our journey to my wooden walls? Sometimes--I think about those times, and--” She broke off and gave an exasperated groan. “I felt so close to you then, and I was so sad to say good-bye.” “And now your heart does not sing friendship for me?” “You’re my husband. ” “I wish to be your friend.” He leaned back to see her face. “Can I not be both? You have stolen my heart from me, Blue Eyes.” “Oh, Hunter…” “You will be my friend again?” he asked huskily. “We will make laughter together, yes? And you will lie beside me when we sleep, with no fear, because my hand upon you is the hand of your good friend.” “I’d like to be friends again--truly I would.” “Then it will be so.” He nuzzled her ear. “But Hunter, don’t you see? We’re married. ” “Ah, yes, married.” Hunter’s mind circled the word, trying to imagine what images it conjured for her. “And good friends, yes? Trust. This last time. My hand upon you has brought pain?” “No,” she whispered hoarsely. “I have beaten you?” “No.” She pressed closer to him and encircled his neck with her arms. “Oh, Hunter, what must you think of me?” “I think there is big fear inside you.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/it-was-my-wish-to-make-your-fear-small-not-big-to-become-your-good/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/catherine-anderson-308_fear_it-was-my-wish-to-make-your-fear-small-n_711071.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/catherine-anderson-308_fear_it-was-my-wish-to-make-your-fear-small-n_711071.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/catherine-anderson-308_fear_it-was-my-wish-to-make-your-fear-small-n_711071.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was my wish to make your fear small, not big. To become your good friend, not your enemy.” “Oh, Hunter, I…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This was it, the last time they would ever eat together beside a fire. The very last time. It was insane to feel sad, but she did. Soon after they finished eating, they arranged their respective beds near the dying fire and retired for the night. Loretta lay on her back, gazing at the stars. Hardly more than an arm’s reach away, Hunter slept. At least she guessed he was asleep. She never knew for sure. He could be still as death one minute and on his feet, wide awake, the next. All afternoon he had been quieter than usual. Perhaps he was a little sad, too. Tomorrow they would have to say good-bye. The word sounded lonely inside her head. And so final. Somehow, God only knew how, she had grown fond of him. Enough to make her wish they might meet again, one day. Crazy. It would be best if their paths never crossed. She had her world, he his, and the two didn’t mix. Never could, not in a million years. She remembered his mother thumping heads with her spoon, Blackbird’s merry laughter. Comanches. The word no longer struck terror in her heart. Would it after he rode off tomorrow? Loretta sighed. Once he left, they would be enemies again. Their truce was tentative. If he came to the farm, Uncle Henry would shoot him. The thought wrenched her heart. “Hunter?” she whispered. “Are you awake?” Silence. She pulled her buffalo robe to her chin and shivered, though she wasn’t cold. Memories of those first few days washed over her. Of his arm around her while she slept, the heat of his chest against her back, how terrified she had been. Suddenly the stars above her blurred, and she realized she was gazing at them through tears. She squeezed her eyes closed, and hot streams ran down her cheeks into her ears. She wasn’t crying, she wasn’t. Couldn’t be. It didn’t make sense. A sob snagged in her throat and made a catching sound. She clamped a hand over her mouth, furious with herself. How could she have come to like a Comanche? Could she forget her parents so easily? It was unthinkable. Unforgivable. “ Mah-tao-yo? ” Loretta leaped and opened her eyes. Hunter knelt beside her, a dark shadow against the blue-black, starlit sky. “You weep?” “No--yes.” Her voice came out in a squeak. “I’m just feeling sad, that’s all.” He sat down beside her and hugged his knees, gazing off into the endless darkness. “You will stay beside me?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/this-was-it-the-last-time-they-would-ever-eat-together-beside-a-fire/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/catherine-anderson-308_death_this-was-it-the-last-time-they-would-eve_2685441.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/catherine-anderson-308_death_this-was-it-the-last-time-they-would-eve_2685441.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/catherine-anderson-308_death_this-was-it-the-last-time-they-would-eve_2685441.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This was it, the last time they would ever eat together beside a fire. 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The meat got bigger and bigger, a gigantic wad she couldn’t swallow. This was it, the last time they would ever eat together beside a fire. The very last time. It was insane to feel sad, but she did. Soon after they finished eating, they arranged their respective beds near the dying fire and retired for the night. Loretta lay on her back, gazing at the stars. Hardly more than an arm’s reach away, Hunter slept. At least she guessed he was asleep. She never knew for sure. He could be still as death one minute and on his feet, wide awake, the next. All afternoon he had been quieter than usual. Perhaps he was a little sad, too. 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They drifted back to reality slowly, limbs entwined, heartbeats erratic, bodies shimmering with sweat. Hunter drew her head onto his shoulder, unwilling to let her go. A half smile settled on his mouth. He knew this first coupling had fallen far short of what it could have been, what it would be the second time. He had been tense, and so had she, not to mention the pain he had inflicted. His smile broadened. 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But his brother had made this request of him. “I will ride with you,” Hunter whispered. “One last time.” Straightening his pallet, Warrior stretched out on his back, so close his arm brushed Hunter’s. After a long while he said, “You will tell your sons and daughters about me, yes?” Hunter wished he could weep, but the tears were dammed behind his lids, aching and burning. “Yes. And you will tell yours of me?” “I will tell them.” Warrior’s voice cracked. “Of you and your golden one and the song that led you west. Love her well, tah-mah. The days together are brief.” “Yes.” Hunter knew Warrior was thinking of Maiden of the Tall Grass. 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