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Author: Jennifer Denys
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he did. The colonists had deliberately chosen not to have guns on the planet, but the longblade had been developed as a means of defense against violent animals—not that it always worked.
“Fine, but do it quickly.”
“What the hell do you need that for?” she asked, gesturing at the knife.
“I told you. There are wild animals out there. You don’t know how dangerous this region is. There’s a very good reason it is called
‘the wild region,’” he stated sarcastically.
She didn’t move. “So why live all the way out here?” 32
Jennifer Denys
“Good grazing.” It was, actually. They ran a herd of wilderbeast.
They weren’t the wildebeest of Earth but an animal native to the world that tasted something like beef, he understood, which had been domesticated, sort of. A lot of them were still pretty fierce and didn’t take to being herded without protest. Consequently, someone had called them wild beasts which had then become wilderbeast. And the wilderbeast lived in the region, as they fed on the shoots of the wildershrub.
The plans for the colony had determined they would not bring test-tube fetuses of various animals or plants from Earth so to avoid damaging the native ecology. They had to live on what was there already. There were some grazing animals in the plains a bit like deer.
Someone had called them bambi-meat, but the wilderbeast that he and his brothers herded was much sought after. However, few people were willing to farm the animals.
When he didn’t expand on his comment, the girl gave up her questioning and climbed down looking around for a likely spot, moving away behind some nearby bushes to do her business.
Adam got down and patted the horse that was leading the wagon, and made sure the reins were not chafing. It wasn’t actually a horse, but the animals were so close to Earth horses that they called them that. The difference apparently was that Earth horses had two ears, not three, and also had a tail.
Something rustled behind where Brianna was squatting. She screamed, and in an instant Adam had jumped away from the wagon to her side, his knife at the ready, and then he snorted. It was only an earth-burrowing rodent. He fought back a smile at her embarrassment as she fled back to the wagon.
* * * *
As they drove down the path to the farmhouse ahead of him, Adam saw someone come out of the barn walking toward the house.
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He knew straight away it was his youngest brother Eric by his hair, which was a much lighter brown than his middle brother. While Adam took after his father in coloring, his brothers had their mother’s darker hair.
Eric did a double take and then sprinted into the house. Moments later, he came out again with Curt in tow, both of them gesturing wildly. Well, it wasn’t every day that he brought back a woman to the house. Hell, they’d never seen me bring another woman back home.
No wonder they had looks of such shock on their faces. He had a moment of glee at their expressions.
He pulled the horse to a stop in the middle of the yard, and the two younger brothers raced over to the side where Brianna was sitting, naturally, staring at her but not saying a word.
That was okay with him. It meant putting off explanations longer that he had no idea how to answer, so he got down, ignoring them.
Moving to the back of the wagon, he started to unload the supplies he had bought. It was a few minutes before their shock wore off.
“Um, Adam, who’s this?” Eric was the first to speak, his gentler nature showing in his polite tone of voice.
“Yes, has she got a name?” Curt, on the other hand, was typically impatient.
Adam ignored them both and continued his task.
It was Brianna who spoke instead. “Why don’t you ask me?” Her soft voice made a shiver run down his back.
That stunned the brothers into silence again as their heads swiveled back to the woman still sitting in the wagon. Adam chuckled inwardly. It wasn’t often his
“Fine, but do it quickly.”
“What the hell do you need that for?” she asked, gesturing at the knife.
“I told you. There are wild animals out there. You don’t know how dangerous this region is. There’s a very good reason it is called
‘the wild region,’” he stated sarcastically.
She didn’t move. “So why live all the way out here?” 32
Jennifer Denys
“Good grazing.” It was, actually. They ran a herd of wilderbeast.
They weren’t the wildebeest of Earth but an animal native to the world that tasted something like beef, he understood, which had been domesticated, sort of. A lot of them were still pretty fierce and didn’t take to being herded without protest. Consequently, someone had called them wild beasts which had then become wilderbeast. And the wilderbeast lived in the region, as they fed on the shoots of the wildershrub.
The plans for the colony had determined they would not bring test-tube fetuses of various animals or plants from Earth so to avoid damaging the native ecology. They had to live on what was there already. There were some grazing animals in the plains a bit like deer.
Someone had called them bambi-meat, but the wilderbeast that he and his brothers herded was much sought after. However, few people were willing to farm the animals.
When he didn’t expand on his comment, the girl gave up her questioning and climbed down looking around for a likely spot, moving away behind some nearby bushes to do her business.
Adam got down and patted the horse that was leading the wagon, and made sure the reins were not chafing. It wasn’t actually a horse, but the animals were so close to Earth horses that they called them that. The difference apparently was that Earth horses had two ears, not three, and also had a tail.
Something rustled behind where Brianna was squatting. She screamed, and in an instant Adam had jumped away from the wagon to her side, his knife at the ready, and then he snorted. It was only an earth-burrowing rodent. He fought back a smile at her embarrassment as she fled back to the wagon.
* * * *
As they drove down the path to the farmhouse ahead of him, Adam saw someone come out of the barn walking toward the house.
Wife for Three
33
He knew straight away it was his youngest brother Eric by his hair, which was a much lighter brown than his middle brother. While Adam took after his father in coloring, his brothers had their mother’s darker hair.
Eric did a double take and then sprinted into the house. Moments later, he came out again with Curt in tow, both of them gesturing wildly. Well, it wasn’t every day that he brought back a woman to the house. Hell, they’d never seen me bring another woman back home.
No wonder they had looks of such shock on their faces. He had a moment of glee at their expressions.
He pulled the horse to a stop in the middle of the yard, and the two younger brothers raced over to the side where Brianna was sitting, naturally, staring at her but not saying a word.
That was okay with him. It meant putting off explanations longer that he had no idea how to answer, so he got down, ignoring them.
Moving to the back of the wagon, he started to unload the supplies he had bought. It was a few minutes before their shock wore off.
“Um, Adam, who’s this?” Eric was the first to speak, his gentler nature showing in his polite tone of voice.
“Yes, has she got a name?” Curt, on the other hand, was typically impatient.
Adam ignored them both and continued his task.
It was Brianna who spoke instead. “Why don’t you ask me?” Her soft voice made a shiver run down his back.
That stunned the brothers into silence again as their heads swiveled back to the woman still sitting in the wagon. Adam chuckled inwardly. It wasn’t often his