" --she forced laughter into her thoughts--
From the other side of a grove of trees, out of her sight, Jacob suddenly screamed in terror, the sound fading to a thin wail. The roar of an enraged bear mingled with Jacob’s second scream. Something heavy crashed through the underbrush in the opposite direction of Raven.
She felt Mikhail’s laughter, low, amused, very male.
Jacob was broadcasting fear, but not pain.
, she reprimanded.
He said it with a note of pride in his voice.
Now for certain she knew he was bragging. She found herself laughing at the thought of him with a computer. He didn’t seem to belong in an era with cars or computers. He seemed more like the villagers with their carts and horses, yet he knew more of the modern world than she did.
There was the merest hint of command in his voice. He was trying to soften his manner with her, and she found herself smiling at his efforts.
She continued on her way up the mountain, his laughter still playing softly in her head. "
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