Spanish Serenade
“Refugio's face hardened, his features taking on the sharp edges of an image cast in metal. The tremulous light from the lantern Isabel held caught in his eyes with a silver-gold reflection of virulent pain. His grip on Pilar's arm tightened, becoming a vise capable of crushing bone. The night wind that drifted around the eaves of the stone hut made a soft sighing sound and died away.
Behind him, Refugio's men stood in arrested movement: Baltasar holding the saddle that he had just taken from hi...s horse, Enrique wiping the dust from his face with the tail of his cloak, Charro rubbing his mount down with a handful of straw. Isabel pressed one hand to her mouth with a sick look in her eyes, as if the message she had spoken had been a blow she had taken herself. At the same time, there was fear in her face as she watched the bandit leader.
They were all watching him, waiting, and they were all wary if not actively afraid. But of what? What did they expect of him? Did they look for some violent act of rage against them?MoreLess
Behind him, Refugio's men stood in arrested movement: Baltasar holding the saddle that he had just taken from hi...s horse, Enrique wiping the dust from his face with the tail of his cloak, Charro rubbing his mount down with a handful of straw. Isabel pressed one hand to her mouth with a sick look in her eyes, as if the message she had spoken had been a blow she had taken herself. At the same time, there was fear in her face as she watched the bandit leader.
They were all watching him, waiting, and they were all wary if not actively afraid. But of what? What did they expect of him? Did they look for some violent act of rage against them?MoreLess
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