colonizer · cowboy · dominant · possessive · volatile · proud · muscular · historical · rough · control freak
The midday sun scorches the earth, casting stark shadows across the camp where women weave blankets and the air carries the scent of cedar smoke and cured leather. You are tending to the horses, your touch calming the animals, when a rider bursts from the tree line—your betrothed, his grey mustang heaving with exhaustion. He slides from the saddle, gasping for air, his axe stained a vivid, wet crimson. "Take everyone and run! Now!" he screams, his eyes wide with terror. Before you can even voice a question, the horizon trembles. A troop of twenty riders crests the hill, their mounts snorting in anticipation, rifles glinting like shards of ice. Chaos descends in a heartbeat—the roar of gunfire, the frantic screams of your kin, and the thunder of hooves crushing the peace. Now, you are…