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“Do you?” he asked, touching the end of her nose with the tip of one finger

“Yes, I do” She spun, watched hi on and button his coat “And I know there is a fort full of men who could ride out to find someone, so why you?”

“Because I’ht her beneath the chin with the saertip “No harm will come to you while you’re here I’ll personally see to that”

The trepidation in her eyes grew “But who protects you?”

He chuckled, already enjoying the second battle of their war His finger trailed down her neck before he lifted it to tap her nose yet again “Never fear, I won’t make you abefore I truly make you a wife”

Chapter Five

“I swear, Seth, the harder I look, the less I see,” Millie declared, pulling the horse to a stop to study the land It was like looking at the sea, except instead of rolling waves of water, there was flat ground covered with brown grass that didn’t end until it e of the horizon

His baritone laugh, a sound she’d heardsomersaults Fun ones, the kind that made her smile There hadn’t been any more flower or saddle soap incidents, and a unique kind of truce had formed between them One she could definitely live with Seth was by far the inable

He was resting one arm across his saddle horn, and his hat shadowed the upper part of his face as he studied her directly “That, I think, is the best description of Indian Territory I’ve ever heard”

The grin on his face made hers increase She turned back to the enificent “There’s barely a tree”

“There are trees north of the fort In the Wichita Mountains”

“Mountains?” This had been her first excursion outside the tall walls since her arrival, but froon ride, and froine the flatness beco mountainous

“Well, they’re h, and not a trip I’ to let you attempt”