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He shifted uncory? We can talk over supper"
"Starved"
He led her to the restaurant and they took a table, ordering supper and exchanging stories Their food arrived about the same time as Pete and Bordeaux Within a few minutes Fritz and Davis also joined theone back with recruits to retrieve the supplies Pete and Davis had searched for Cassie and Bordeaux They had given up, deciding that if they hadn't found their bodies, they must still be alive and would find their way back to Ashley
The food was excellent, the coood spirits But the effects of the trip had taken their toll Her head nodded once and she jerked it up, blinking in the lantern light
Bordeaux grinned and tossed her a key "Roolanced around the table "Well guys, I hate to leave such good company, but I'm so tired that I can hardly keep my eyes open I think I'll turn in" She rose from her chair and pushed it under the table "I'll see you in the "
In her room, she dropped on the bed and fell asleep instantly She was floating on a cloud, gazing languidly down at mounds and valleys of white sand The desert heat couldn't reach her private cloud A lone rider appeared on a bay He stopped, watching a group of freight wagons Another rider appeared on a black horse The two men talked for a few ons The rider on the black horse turned back He reached Texas in an instant, loping the black to a s children ran out to meet him Cassie felt the warmth of the sun as her cloud descended to the ranch She tried to turn it away, but it remained on course
"No!" she screamed I don't want to see him" The cloud stopped and she woke
She opened her eyes and blinked at the sunlight streah herThe feather mattress held her like a soft cloud She covered her eyes with one forear ordeal in the desert was over, but aited for her noas uncertain Did Bordeaux actually love her or was it a contrived affair to get her back to the ranch? He couldn't have planned the Indian raid, though Nor was he the kind of person ould abandon someone in need of help He seemed so wars for hiratitude?