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"If I didn't know you better, I'd swear you didn't think your asped and stared down at his form in the darkness "I didn'tto say that the bitter note in her tone was for someone who had betrayed her, but the whole world didn't need to know about their shame "All the money in the world couldn't have saved her"

He was silent for a moment "I see"

No, he didn't see, but what did it matter? It wasn't his problem She leaned forward and draped her ar chilly and the warmth from the horse elco fingers of dihed deeply

"It must be fun to be able to ride all around freely while we're stuck in our wagons"

He chuckled softly "There's nothing fun about the desert, Cassie It's beautiful and fascinating, but never fun"

"Do you think the Indians will attack us?"

"Are you afraid?"

"No"

"You should be"

"Why?"

"Because fear makes us cautious"

She peered at his profile in the darkness "Is that why Pete is worried?"

In the ht she could see him look up sharply