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“Seth?”

Her whisper was soft, but the hand she’d laid on his ars of a snake Yet the anxiety filling her big brown eyes had his insides colliding Whether he wanted her here or not wasn’t the issue She was here and he had to offer his protection

With that, he reached over and patted her hand The action had hi a curse He didn’t want to care about her, but he did care about his men They looked at him for leadership, and true leaders did whatever it took Nodding at the firstthe na inside hi toward the man, he said, “Josiah, this is Rosemary Parker, my wife”

The word tasted bitter, and her fingertips dug deeper into his arm

“Mrs Parker,” Josiah exclai you need, you just let me know and I’ll find it for you”

“Thank you, Mr Fallon It’s a pleasure to meet you, too,” she responded with sincerity “Mr Cutter and Mr Winston toldcloser, she said, “Thank you for finding the tea Mr Briggs served with lunch”

Fallon was as hairless as a rock, and right now the top of his head was bloodred, while he shuffled feet the size of snowshoes until a dust storm hovered around his ankles

“Private Cutter toldfor tea,” the quartermaster replied “I had a tin left over fro it out and hauled it over to the cookhouse as soon as Ben mentioned it”

“Well, thank you very much I truly enjoyed it”

Seth could have sworn there were stars in her eyes, the way they twinkled

Fallon was the catalyst that led to a list of introductions so long Seth started confusing na past, to the point he wondered if soet another look at her A part of hi, and reh with Cutter and Winston to know a small bit of information about each and every person he introduced her to

The line finally ended with Jasper and his wife, who invited theht

“That will give you time to settle in, dear,” Ilene Ketchum finished