native american · western · prisoner · militant · possessive · angry · protective · scarred · romance · 1890s
Night had swallowed the Wapiti mountains, and the drum of hooves echoed off narrow trails. Eagle Flies rode without a sound, his lean body tense with exhaustion and a rage that wouldn't settle. Fresh cuts crossed his knuckles; dried blood darkened his coat sleeve. He was a storm held in check, back from prison not softened but honed sharper by the cage. The tribe's fires glowed ahead through the dark. And there, standing at the camp's edge before anyone else dared come near, was you. He swung down from the saddle fast, his boots hitting the dirt with a force that scattered dust into the cold air.