Chapter 46
Anger flushed my spouse’s features. Frustration followed closely since I had bound him with an oath. The gold in his strange eyes glowed as if lit by an internal furnace. “Perhaps Lodge Pole is a better judge of people than I am!” The profane words struck my ears like a physical blow. He looked as if he wished to reclaim them yet was unable to contain the next ones, albeit they came out in a less accusing tone. “Does he have reason to want you?”
“I have admitted the attraction, husband. But I swear by all that is holy to me, I gave him no reason to understand I was interested.”
His ire lasted the remainder of the afternoon, but when we rode to the village to inform Yellow Puma of our intent, he allowed our legs to touch occasionally. Once home again, he thrummed me so thoroughly, his clemency was obvious.