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ust when Emma was certain that her own bottom had been deprived of every drop of blood, having been distributed entirely to her head and feet, Josiah lifted her onto the buffalo robe behind their tree. She noticed he had been careful to take the long way around camp, so she couldn’t see the carnage [...]

Josiah dropped his head and placed his lips against her ear. He felt Emma shudder at his touch. “If we ain’t married, then what does that make you? No, Emma, you’re mine now. I was the first to lie with you, and fer as long as I live, you won’t lie with anyone else. Do [...]

Emma’s mind was frantic with the thought of escape! Her eyesight had not been clear, but the little she had seen was more than enough to make her sick with fright. He was just like those two Indians after all, and she had been naive to hope that he wasn’t! Branches flailed at her body [...]

From his hiding spot behind some trees, Josiah was prepared to rush the young Indian from behind. His plan was interrupted, however, when the older Blackfoot unexpectedly roused from his sleep and started talking with the other in guarded whispers. Josiah was silently scolding himself for getting such a late start on things, when he [...]

Behind the deep shadow of the wide tree, Josiah crawled to Emma and lie down beside her on the buffalo robe. “I ain’t had a woman in quite a spell,” he breathed quietly, “but I’ll try not to bother you too much.” Emma whimpered helplessly as Josiah’s mouth found hers. When she wouldn’t return his [...]

Crouching as far away from him as her bound arms would let her, Emma kept to the shadows as the man sat down on the buffalo robe. He looked at her for a moment, and then unsheathed a long knife. Emma gasped in fear, thinking he meant to kill her. Instead of putting the knife [...]

The older of the two Blackfoot suspiciously narrowed his eyes at Josiah. Then he looked at Emma and then back at Josiah again. “You come to free white woman,” he deduced, his hand gripping the rifle that remained in his lap. Hearing this, the younger Indian suddenly lifted his weapon and pointed it at Josiah. [...]

From her vantage, Emma strained her eyes to see who this newcomer was. Even though she realized how foolish the hope was, for a fleeting moment, she thought it was her father. As the fire cast its light on the tall set of buckskins approaching the fire, Emma’s hopes of rescue quickly evaporated and her [...]