A Lantern in the Window
“Every few moments, Annie called Noah’s name, but the sound was muffled by the heavy fall of snow. Her hands and feet grew numb with cold, and she was grateful for Bets’s warm body pressing close against her aching back.
Her throat was hoarse from hollering when at last she thought she heard an answer, faint and far away.
"Whoa.” She tugged on Bright’s reins, afraid even to hope.
“Noah?” Her voice sounded lost in the icy darkness.
"Noooaah,” she screamed, every ounce of her own desperation in th...e call, and this time she was certain she heard his voice respond.
She urged Bright on, and soon a tall, snow covered figure came staggering out of the darkness toward them.
“Noah.” With a mixture of laughter and tears, Annie slid down from Bright's back and into his half frozen arms.
"Oh, Noah, thank God you’re all right.
What happened? Where’s Buck?”
In a few stark sentences, he told her, holding her close, his strong arms locked like a vise around her, her huge belly cradled against him.MoreLess
Her throat was hoarse from hollering when at last she thought she heard an answer, faint and far away.
"Whoa.” She tugged on Bright’s reins, afraid even to hope.
“Noah?” Her voice sounded lost in the icy darkness.
"Noooaah,” she screamed, every ounce of her own desperation in th...e call, and this time she was certain she heard his voice respond.
She urged Bright on, and soon a tall, snow covered figure came staggering out of the darkness toward them.
“Noah.” With a mixture of laughter and tears, Annie slid down from Bright's back and into his half frozen arms.
"Oh, Noah, thank God you’re all right.
What happened? Where’s Buck?”
In a few stark sentences, he told her, holding her close, his strong arms locked like a vise around her, her huge belly cradled against him.MoreLess
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