Candle of Love

Written by Helen

Disclaimer: This story is in no way meant to infringe on the rights of the creator of the series The Young Riders, Ed Spielman and Ogiens/Kane. All other characters are copyrighted by the author.

Buck was dancing around the fire, when he suddenly heard his name be called by a familiar voice. He looked around him, trying to determine where the voice was coming from, but he couldn't see into the darkness due to the firelight. He moved towards his brother who seemed to be calling him as well.

"Brother, your Lou is here. Dark Sky has claimed her. You must stop him. Please?" Red Bear pleaded with a distressed look across his face.

"Where is she? Is she okay?" questions rushed out of Bucks mouth. Red Bear placed a calming hand on his arm & motioned Buck towards Dark Sky's tepee. Buck ran to the tepee, & stepped inside.

What he saw enraged him beyond belief. Here was Dark Sky cutting Lou's clothes from her & about to have his way with her. Buck didn't think. He removed his knife from its sheath on his leg & threw it at Dark Sky.

Dark Sky stoped his actions then fell on top of Lou. Lou continued to scream Buck's name, as images of Wicks ran through her mind. It wasn't until Buck wrapped her in his arms & rocked her, whispering soothing words into her ears snapping her out of her torturous memories.

"Oh Buck…stop him, he's going to kill me!" She cried, frightened.

"It's okay now Lou. He's dead. He's not going to hurt you anymore. I'll die before anyone hurts you again." Buck promised.

Chapter 14

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