--- title: "12 Loretta Stared Quotes By Catherine Anderson" description: "12 Loretta Stared quotes by Catherine Anderson. Plus more from Catherine Anderson and more Loretta Stared sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/catherine-anderson-308_quote_brushing-her-hands-clean-on-her-skirt-lo_1723556.jpg" --- > [“Brushing her hands clean on her skirt, Loretta stared dismally at the fire. Light. Merciful heaven, why had she asked for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/brushing-her-hands-clean-on-her-skirt-loretta-stared-dismally-at-the/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/catherine-anderson-308_quote_brushing-her-hands-clean-on-her-skirt-lo_1723556.jpg) > [“I will not lift my blade against you.” “But what if you didn’t know? What if you went on a raid and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/i-will-not-lift-my-blade-against-you-but-what-if-you-didn-t-know-what/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/catherine-anderson-308_battle_i-will-not-lift-my-blade-against-you-but_2963684.jpg) > [“What if there was an Indian attack? What if I--” She turned her head to study him. “I might look down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/what-if-there-was-an-indian-attack-what-if-i-she-turned-her-head-to/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/catherine-anderson-308_family-and-friends_what-if-there-was-an-indian-attack-what_2874090.jpg) > [“He pulled on her leg and slid her toward him until she lay on her back. Then he released her ankle to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/he-pulled-on-her-leg-and-slid-her-toward-him-until-she-lay-on-her/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/catherine-anderson-308_gaze_he-pulled-on-her-leg-and-slid-her-toward_2853222.jpg) > [“Hunter! Take me with you! I love you!” she called. “I didn’t mean it! I didn’t mean it!” He remained there, his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/hunter-take-me-with-you-i-love-you-she-called-i-didn-t-mean-it-i-didn/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/catherine-anderson-308_quote_hunter-take-me-with-you-i-love-you-she-c_1283148.jpg) > [“My song says I will one day leave my people. I am Comanche. Without them, I will be as nothing, Blue Eyes.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/my-song-says-i-will-one-day-leave-my-people-i-am-comanche-without/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/catherine-anderson-308_high-places_my-song-says-i-will-one-day-leave-my-peo_1682642.jpg) > [“Would you please let go? It is my foot, you know.” “And you are my woman.” She threw her head back and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/would-you-please-let-go-it-is-my-foot-you-know-and-you-are-my-woman/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/catherine-anderson-308_cybersecurity_would-you-please-let-go-it-is-my-foot-yo_2726630.jpg) > [“Brushing her hands clean on her skirt, Loretta stared dismally at the fire. Light. Merciful heaven, why had she asked for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/brushing-her-hands-clean-on-her-skirt-loretta-stared-dismally-at-the-2/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/catherine-anderson-308_gaze_brushing-her-hands-clean-on-her-skirt-lo_2292200.jpg) > [“Loretta stared up at him, trying to assure herself that he was only bluffing. She had run away; now he meant to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/loretta-stared-up-at-him-trying-to-assure-herself-that-he-was-only/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/catherine-anderson-308_gaze_loretta-stared-up-at-him-trying-to-assur_2548263.jpg) > [“Memories of those first few days washed over her. Of his arm around her while she slept, the heat of his chest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/memories-of-those-first-few-days-washed-over-her-of-his-arm-around/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/catherine-anderson-308_family-and-friends_memories-of-those-first-few-days-washed_2528754.jpg) > [“You will lie on your back? No harm, eh? I will watch.” “Must you?” “ Hein? ” Hein? Loretta had no inkling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/you-will-lie-on-your-back-no-harm-eh-i-will-watch-must-you-hein-hein/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/catherine-anderson-308_heart-pounding_you-will-lie-on-your-back-no-harm-eh-i-w_409053.jpg) > [“Pressing a hand to her chest, Loretta glanced down in bewilderment. She had been so sure…Laughter bubbled up her throat. Aunt Rachel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/pressing-a-hand-to-her-chest-loretta-glanced-down-in-bewilderment-she/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/catherine-anderson-308_black-eyes_pressing-a-hand-to-her-chest-loretta-gla_673292.jpg) ## 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/loretta-stared/catherine-anderson/#itemlist", "name": "12 Loretta Stared Quotes By Catherine Anderson", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Brushing her hands clean on her skirt, Loretta stared dismally at the fire. Light. Merciful heaven, why had she asked for a fire? 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The gleam of lust in his eyes terrified her. What was to stop him from taking her? If she screamed, no one would intervene. Where were his mother and her spoon when she needed them? “You will sleep.” The low timbre of his voice vibrated through her. “I will watch.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/would-you-please-let-go-it-is-my-foot-you-know-and-you-are-my-woman/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/catherine-anderson-308_cybersecurity_would-you-please-let-go-it-is-my-foot-yo_2726630.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/catherine-anderson-308_cybersecurity_would-you-please-let-go-it-is-my-foot-yo_2726630.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/catherine-anderson-308_cybersecurity_would-you-please-let-go-it-is-my-foot-yo_2726630.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Would you please let go? It is my foot, you know.” “And you are my woman.” She threw her head back and…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Brushing her hands clean on her skirt, Loretta stared dismally at the fire. Light. Merciful heaven, why had she asked for a fire? He’d be able to see her, which somehow made the thought of undressing in front of him all the more horrid. Her skin prickled. He was staring at her, waiting, like a man expecting his supper to be served. And what was even more awful, she felt like his supper. A hundred thoughts raced through her mind, running away from him foremost, but her sense of honor forestalled her. She had promised him, and a promise was a promise. She wouldn’t break her word. She’d see this through, with her head held high. She would. With trembling hands, Loretta tackled the long line of tiny buttons on her bodice. With each flick of her fingers, her cheeks grew hotter. The firelight cast too few shadows, making the interior of the lodge seem as bright as day. She tried to draw comfort from the fact that he had seen her nude the night of her fever, but that was a century ago and did little to ease her embarrassment as she slid the sleeves of her dress down her arms. If only he were a white man. He would at lease douse the fire. Or maybe have an attack of conscience and realize how barbaric it was to force a virtuous young woman into marriage. But he wasn’t a white man, and conscience wasn’t a word in his vocabulary. He owned her. Now they were married, even in the eyes of her people. For forever.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/brushing-her-hands-clean-on-her-skirt-loretta-stared-dismally-at-the-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/catherine-anderson-308_gaze_brushing-her-hands-clean-on-her-skirt-lo_2292200.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/catherine-anderson-308_gaze_brushing-her-hands-clean-on-her-skirt-lo_2292200.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/catherine-anderson-308_gaze_brushing-her-hands-clean-on-her-skirt-lo_2292200.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Brushing her hands clean on her skirt, Loretta stared dismally at the fire. Light. Merciful heaven, why had…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Loretta stared up at him, trying to assure herself that he was only bluffing. She had run away; now he meant to teach her a lesson. Once he felt vindicated, he would be the same sweet, gentle Hunter he had always been. She kept right on telling herself that until he crouched beside her and jerked up her overblouse to rudely expose her breasts. Her breath snagged as his fingers plucked the tip of one nipple into throbbing hardness. The moonlight played upon his face, revealing the taut anger in his expression. “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.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/loretta-stared-up-at-him-trying-to-assure-herself-that-he-was-only/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/catherine-anderson-308_gaze_loretta-stared-up-at-him-trying-to-assur_2548263.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/catherine-anderson-308_gaze_loretta-stared-up-at-him-trying-to-assur_2548263.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/catherine-anderson-308_gaze_loretta-stared-up-at-him-trying-to-assur_2548263.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Loretta stared up at him, trying to assure herself that he was only bluffing. She had run away; now he meant…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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?” “No.” The thought was so preposterous that a wet laugh erupted from her. “I was just thinking. Once I get home, we’ll be enemies again. My people would shoot you if you ever came around. And that--” She sniffed and swiped at her eyes. “That makes me sad. And sort of scared. What if there was an Indian attack? What if I--” She turned her head to study him. “I might look down the barrel of a rifle someday, and it might be you at the other end.” “I will not lift my blade against you.” “But what if you didn’t know? What if you went on a raid and I was there, fighting to protect my family and friends? What if I sighted in on some murdering savage, itchin’ to blow him off his horse, and it was you?” His eyes were dark pits in his face when he turned to regard her. After a long silence he said, “You would pull the trigger?” Loretta stared up at him, her chest knotted around a huge ball of pain. “Oh, Hunter, no, I don’t think I could.” “Then let your sadness go the way of the wind, eh?” His teeth gleamed white in the moonlight. “If we meet in battle, I will know the song your heart sings, eh? And you will know mine.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/memories-of-those-first-few-days-washed-over-her-of-his-arm-around/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/catherine-anderson-308_family-and-friends_memories-of-those-first-few-days-washed_2528754.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/catherine-anderson-308_family-and-friends_memories-of-those-first-few-days-washed_2528754.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/catherine-anderson-308_family-and-friends_memories-of-those-first-few-days-washed_2528754.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Memories of those first few days washed over her. Of his arm around her while she slept, the heat of his…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You will lie on your back? No harm, eh? I will watch.” “Must you?” “ Hein? ” Hein? Loretta had no inkling what that meant. “Must you watch? It makes me nervous. I can’t run away.” “Nuhr-vus?” “Nervous.” She shrugged one shoulder and then tried to pry his leathery fingers from around her ankle. “Nervous…uneasy.” She gave her leg a shake. His hand moved with her foot, his grip unbreakable. “Would you let go? It’s indecent, you touching me like this.” “In-dee-sent?” “Indecent. Shameful. Would you please let go? It is my foot, you know.” “And you are my woman.” She threw her head back and sighed. He had a grip like an iron vise and outweighed her by a good ninety pounds, every ounce muscle. His woman. For a moment she had lost sight of that and let him lull her into a false sense of security. He pulled on her leg and slid her toward him until she lay on her back. Then he released her ankle to loom over her, planting a hand on each side of her. Loretta stared up at his dark face, her heart pounding, her mouth dry. After struggling with him so many times, she knew how easily he could pin her beneath his weight, how quickly he could capture her hands and render her helpless. The gleam of lust in his eyes terrified her. What was to stop him from taking her? If she screamed, no one would intervene. Where were his mother and her spoon when she needed them? “You will sleep.” The low timbre of his voice vibrated through her. “I will watch.” With that, he left her and sat on his pallet. She heard a rapping sound and glanced over to find that he was chipping flint with a bone punch. On closer inspection she saw two flint arrowheads lying next to him--arrowheads that he would one day use to kill white people, no doubt. She huddled on her side and stared at him. Even from across the lodge he intimidated her. Yet she was completely dependent upon him. She would never relax enough to sleep with him sitting there.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/you-will-lie-on-your-back-no-harm-eh-i-will-watch-must-you-hein-hein/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/catherine-anderson-308_heart-pounding_you-will-lie-on-your-back-no-harm-eh-i-w_409053.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/catherine-anderson-308_heart-pounding_you-will-lie-on-your-back-no-harm-eh-i-w_409053.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/catherine-anderson-308_heart-pounding_you-will-lie-on-your-back-no-harm-eh-i-w_409053.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You will lie on your back? No harm, eh? I will watch.” “Must you?” “ Hein? ” Hein? Loretta had no inkling…” — Catherine Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Pressing a hand to her chest, Loretta glanced down in bewilderment. She had been so sure…Laughter bubbled up her throat. Aunt Rachel had missed? She never missed when she could draw a steady bead on a still target. Loretta’s throat tightened. The Comanche. She looked up, confusion clouding her blue eyes. He had shielded her with his own body? Waving his friends away, Hunter hunkered down and scooped a handful of dirt, pressing it to the shallow cut on his shoulder. Loretta stared at the blood trailing down his arm. If not for his quick thinking, it could have been her own. Survival instinct and common sense warred within her. She knew death might be preferable to what was in store for her, but she couldn’t help being glad she was alive. As if he felt her staring at him, the Comanche lifted his head. When his eyes met hers, the fury and loathing in them chilled her. He stood and jerked the feathers from his braid, wrapping them in his shirt. Never taking his gaze off her, he stuffed the bundle into a parfleche hanging from his surcingle. “ Keemah ,” he growled. Uncertain what he wanted and afraid of doing the wrong thing, Loretta stayed where she was. He caught her by the arm and hauled her to her feet. “ Keemah , come!” He gave her a shake for emphasis, his eyes glittering. “Listen good, and learn quick. I have little patience with stupid women.” Grasping her waist, he tossed her on the horse and scooted her to the back of the blanket saddle. The hem of her nightgown rode high. She could feel all the men staring at her. Had he no decency? With trembling hands, she tugged at the gown and tried to cover her thighs. There wasn’t enough material to stretch. And it was so thin from years of wear, it was nearly transparent. The morning breeze raised gooseflesh on her naked arms and back. With a grim set to his mouth, her captor opened a second parfleche, withdrawing a length of braided wool and a leather thong. Before she realized what he was about to do, he knotted the wool around one of her ankles, looped it under his horse’s belly, and swiftly bound her other foot. “We must ride like the wind!” he yelled to the others. “ Meadro! Let’s go!” The other men ran for their horses. Grasping the stallion’s mane, Hunter vaulted to its back and settled himself in front of her. When he reached for her arms and pulled them around him, she couldn’t stifle a gasp. Her breasts were flattened against his back. “Your woman does not like you, cousin,” someone called in English. Loretta turned to see who spoke and immediately recognized the brave who had encouraged Hunter to kill her that first day. His scarred face was unforgettable. He flashed her a twisted smile that seemed more a leer, his black eyes sliding insolently down her body to rest on her naked thighs. Then he laughed and wheeled his chestnut horse. “She won’t be worth the trouble she will make for you.” Hunter glanced over his shoulder at her. The fiery heat of his anger glowed like banked embers in his eyes. “She will learn.” With an expertise born of long practice, he lashed her wrists together with the leather. “She will learn quick.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/pressing-a-hand-to-her-chest-loretta-glanced-down-in-bewilderment-she/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/catherine-anderson-308_black-eyes_pressing-a-hand-to-her-chest-loretta-gla_673292.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/catherine-anderson-308_black-eyes_pressing-a-hand-to-her-chest-loretta-gla_673292.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/catherine-anderson-308_black-eyes_pressing-a-hand-to-her-chest-loretta-gla_673292.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Pressing a hand to her chest, Loretta glanced down in bewilderment. 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