Shiply had deliberately chosen this ground to make his stand for just that reason; he needed any edge he could find to defeat this many Indians out fo... his scalp. The first charge had caught the Indians unprepared for the rocks, so two horses were down from broken legs, and the two Indians were dead, killed when their horses fell while running at high speed. Three more had been killed and 4 wounded by the shooting of the Whites. That was 9 down of the original 42 Indians that had jumped the. They finished up and walked up to the house. Carla let them in to cool off and have a drink. She flirted like always. She liked knowing that the young men would leave with a boner. But today would be different. She had already decided she wanted to take them both and make them real men. Carla had on one of her husbands dress shirts, and nothing else. She thought it was a good look and did it often. The two young men could not keep their eyes off her. Well, one thing led to another and they were. DeClan woke up with Mal climbing all over his chest, his little paw patting his face, rubbing his face he chuckled "are you hungry again?" Mal hissed, DeClan blinked his hand reaching for Zara only to find the bed empty, picking up Mal, DeClan sat up and looked around the room, quickly getting up he check and saw that Tabby was also gone, the window closed but saw a blanket and pillows on the window seat. DeClan concentrated for a moment then smiled "your mama and Tabby are downstairs soaking. Knowing that she was eavesdropping on a private conversation and deciding that Reverend Billings wasn't going to move it to a more private place, Vicki picked up her cleaning gear and stood up.She said, "Excuse me. I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I'll leave now and give you some privacy." Mother!" David exclaimed once he realized the identity of the cleaning woman. He didn't recognize her in jeans and a tee shirt.Reverend Billings asked, "Have you taked with your mother, David?" No," David answered.