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In the end, he agreed to provide four soldiers, and he dictated the a party could travel and what specifically could be hunted Otis tried haggling, but Seth didn’t give an inch, and the scout was the one to accept defeat, or at least he claiured out who to trust and who not to, and the scout was not trustworthy

As Otis and four privates left, Setha fresh shirt and coat before riding out to find one of his Indian scouts White Bird was never too far away, and he’d spread the word of the hunting party, letting all the tribes know to stay clear For their safety, not the hunters’

When Seth opened the door, a sound had hi directly into his office, where his heart did a so his desk across the roo to The exertion had her face red and her chest heaving, even though the desk had been moved only a few feet

The roo the curtains, cushions and rug, but it was the irimace on her face he reacted to

Without a word, he pulled the desk across the rooue, so he didn’t tell her not to

Once the desk was in place, along with his chair, he told her, “I’ll be gone all of today and probably most of tomorrow”

She frowned, which on her was cute “Where are you going?”

“I have to go find so the way he’d attempted to scare her about the Indians

“Who?” she asked, following him out of the office

“Just adown his spare jacket froured it probably s That didn’t infuriate him Perhaps because he no for certain that the woman downstairs was not his wife Rose to find out as to gain Millie’s trust She was a worthy opponent, and otten to hi on someone else’s tero He would set the terms this round, and the battlefield This time he would win

She aiting at the bottom of the ladder and he couldn’t help but respond to the worry in her eyes “Don’t fret No one’s going to turn you over to the Indians, whether they attack or not”

A tiny grin forave him an impudent stare “I know that”