Brings the Lightning (The Ames Archives book 1)
“The sentries on the dawn watch began shouting the alarm as soon as the growing light allowed them to see over the grasslands surrounding the wagon train.
Walt was roused from his sleep next to Rose in the ambulance by their loud calls. He hurriedly untangled himself from the blankets and went to the front of the wagon, looking out. To his astonishment, he saw a line of mounted Indians about half a mile away from the circled wagons. They were spread along a slight rise, seated on their horse...s, making no sound or movement. He counted rapidly.
Behind him Rose said sleepily, “What’s going on, dear?”
“Indians, about eighty of ’em,” he said succinctly. “They’re lined up half a mile out, but not doing anything—no, one of them’s riding forward now, real slowly.”
He grabbed his spyglass and looked through it. The lone rider walked his horse to a position halfway between the line of Indians and the wagon train, halted, then jabbed his lance point downward into the dirt.MoreLess
Walt was roused from his sleep next to Rose in the ambulance by their loud calls. He hurriedly untangled himself from the blankets and went to the front of the wagon, looking out. To his astonishment, he saw a line of mounted Indians about half a mile away from the circled wagons. They were spread along a slight rise, seated on their horse...s, making no sound or movement. He counted rapidly.
Behind him Rose said sleepily, “What’s going on, dear?”
“Indians, about eighty of ’em,” he said succinctly. “They’re lined up half a mile out, but not doing anything—no, one of them’s riding forward now, real slowly.”
He grabbed his spyglass and looked through it. The lone rider walked his horse to a position halfway between the line of Indians and the wagon train, halted, then jabbed his lance point downward into the dirt.MoreLess
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