Texas Angel, 2-in-1
“The heavy dark sky was like a weight, and the heat was stifling. The release of rain would be a blessing.
Around noon Elise heard the sound of approaching horses. It was too early for Benjamin to have returned from hunting. He and Micah had left after breakfast and expected to be gone all day. Had something happened?
She opened the cabin door as riders came to the edge of the yard. Her palpitating heart skipping several beats, Elise quickly slammed the door shut, drawing the bar into place with... trembling fingers. Leaning against the door, she sucked in a breath like someone starved of air.
Maurice Thomson!
She had nearly forgotten he existed. She had let herself think all these months that she was indeed a simple housewife, caring for her family just like any other woman on the prairie. Despite the strained relations with Benjamin, she had felt very normal and secure. The vague images of an octoroon slave, chattel to the lusts of men, had become like a bad dream she knew she’d had, but all the details were dulled by wakefulness.MoreLess
Around noon Elise heard the sound of approaching horses. It was too early for Benjamin to have returned from hunting. He and Micah had left after breakfast and expected to be gone all day. Had something happened?
She opened the cabin door as riders came to the edge of the yard. Her palpitating heart skipping several beats, Elise quickly slammed the door shut, drawing the bar into place with... trembling fingers. Leaning against the door, she sucked in a breath like someone starved of air.
Maurice Thomson!
She had nearly forgotten he existed. She had let herself think all these months that she was indeed a simple housewife, caring for her family just like any other woman on the prairie. Despite the strained relations with Benjamin, she had felt very normal and secure. The vague images of an octoroon slave, chattel to the lusts of men, had become like a bad dream she knew she’d had, but all the details were dulled by wakefulness.MoreLess
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