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"One more thing," Tala said as she swung onto Rain's back with a motion as natural as breathing. "Tillman's got men watching the roads. He knows I'm back. He's afraid of what I know."

The morning light sliced through the pines like shards of gold, catching the dew on the grass of the old Two Rivers Ranch. Hoby Buchanon reined in his chestnut mare, his eyes fixed on the figure standing by the weathered corral fence. -HobyBuchanon- Native American Indian Girl Returns

Tala looked toward the mountain, and for a moment Hoby saw the child she'd been—the one who could speak to horses and find water in a drought and read the weather in the flight of birds. "One more thing," Tala said as she swung