“I'll have a smoke out here, to give you privacy in the wagon before I come in.” Nodding numbly, Emma crawled into the wagon. Apparently noticing her distress, Davis left her in front of the wagon. Her heart thudded so hard no doubt Davis could hear it. The walk back to the wagon used up no time at all. She broke into a sweat and swallowed several times, trying to fill her lungs with air. Oh, dear, it didn't seem as though Davis had any intention of allowing any getting to know you time before he took her to bed. Davis chuckled and put his arm around her shoulders, guiding her away from the group. Perhaps she should have also dipped a cup into the men's punch bowl to calm her nerves.“Let's go back to the wagon.” He whispered against her lips.“Um, already?” Emma gasped.
The distinct odor of whiskey wafted from his mouth. He took both of her hands in his and gently kissed her on the lips. What was she thinking marrying a man she hardly knew? Would he insist on his marital rights tonight? Would he give her time to adjust to him? She didn't have a whole lot of time to dwell on it as Davis walked slowly over to her, his lips tilted in a half smile. Now it immediately presented itself to her full force. Glory be, what had she done? In her focus on getting married again so she would have help for the rest of the trip, she had shoved the wedding night and all it meant to the back of her mind. Davis seemed to take it all in stride, but when he glanced over she found her heartbeat speeding up. The joking and nudging led her to believe they were discussing what was to come when the party wound down. Standing with a group of women, Emma spotted Davis in a circle of men who apparently were having some fun at his expense. But nothing will make her give up her dream to return home.The sky grew dark and campfires sprang up as the party continued. When the Wagon Master orders Emma and Davis to marry, she rebels, but eventually comes to realize she can't go it alone, no matter how stubborn she is. Wagon Scout Davis Cooper has decided this would be his last scouting trip, he intends to obtain land in the new Oregon territory, find a wife, and start a family. Barely three weeks into the trip, Peter is killed, and Emmaline is shocked that the wagon master won't let her return home. He wants to make their marriage work she intends to flee as soon as they arrive at their destination.Įmma Thorpe did not want to leave her life in Indiana to travel to Oregon on a wagon train, but her husband, Peter, had other ideas. Now that Emma Thorpe's husband has been killed on the wagon train to Oregon, she wants to return to Indiana, but the wagon master has forced her to marry Wagon Scout, Davis Cooper.
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