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The living quarters, or barracks, as the ar each other, with the large open courtyard of the fort between thened officers’ quarters, one of the four houses flanking the fort’s headquarters building, and was entitled towith him But hell would freeze over first If Roseht here, in this little cabin, with Russ Keht

A shiver zipped up Seth’s back, so sharply he stiffened, and he had to step onto the covered wooden ay running the length of the row of cabins to shake it off

Russ slept in one bed, him in the other Where would Rosemary sleep?

A smile formed, the first one he’d felt in days The first one he’d felt since getting the telegra him to pick her up in Tulsa

She’d have to figure out her own sleeping arrangements His house was full

Seth finished his coffee and walked back into the cabin “Ready for some breakfast?”

A young s, Russ nodded “Always”

Together they angled across the courtyard to a building along the back where all the single men ate Which was most of the forty-fiveSeth, of course Six more had Comanche wives, but they lived outside the compound The only Indians allowed to reside inside the fort on a regular basis were the four Cos Ryan That was four more than army rules allowed, but Seth liked to keep his s, a six-and-a-half-foot-tall Sith hands that could wrap around a cannonball as if it was a marble, wasn’t happy without his maidens

After breakfast, a hearty meal that sat in Seth’s sto on inside him, he ordered the M troop to one when Roseone the entire time she was here

That wasn’t his luck He’d barely arrived back at the fort, having spent three hours in the hot Septeust sun on was approaching