Savage Autumn
“She was still in a sleep-drugged state when he led her to the river. He roughly pushed her down to her knees, and indicated that she should drink.
She looked up into his face hoping to see some softening in his attitude toward her, but his darkly handsome features revealed nothing. Joanna cupped her hands in the icy water and bathed her face.
Windhawk knelt down beside her and removed his knife. Joanna drew back in fear, not knowing what he had in mind. He saw her fright and looked at her griml...y.
“You were unwise to get the rawhide rope wet, Joanna,” he told her, slicing through the rope with his knife. “When the rawhide dried it would have cut into your skin.”
“Do I have to be tied up? It’s not very comfortable,” she ventured to ask.
Windhawk avoided her eyes as he pulled another rope from his pouch. “I would trust you no more than I trusted the panther.” He bound her wrists tightly together and pulled her to her feet.
Joanna jerked her head back, and Windhawk drew in his breath at the hurt he saw in her eyes.MoreLess
She looked up into his face hoping to see some softening in his attitude toward her, but his darkly handsome features revealed nothing. Joanna cupped her hands in the icy water and bathed her face.
Windhawk knelt down beside her and removed his knife. Joanna drew back in fear, not knowing what he had in mind. He saw her fright and looked at her griml...y.
“You were unwise to get the rawhide rope wet, Joanna,” he told her, slicing through the rope with his knife. “When the rawhide dried it would have cut into your skin.”
“Do I have to be tied up? It’s not very comfortable,” she ventured to ask.
Windhawk avoided her eyes as he pulled another rope from his pouch. “I would trust you no more than I trusted the panther.” He bound her wrists tightly together and pulled her to her feet.
Joanna jerked her head back, and Windhawk drew in his breath at the hurt he saw in her eyes.MoreLess
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