Sitting in a hired carriage headed West, Blaze tells Hazard that she was FORCED to sign all her monies and power of attorney over to her Mummy and Yancy but she made sure to leave everything to the baby in her will. This does not quite jive with Hazard's view that she didn't want the baby (and therefore him) but he is stubborn enough to make sure that he ignores anything that doesn't fit with his world view. Hazard falls asleep as Blaze gets ready to snap back at him and she realizes how EXHAUSTED poor Hazard is. Her heart goes out to him and blah blah blah HE MAY BE A JERK BUT HE'S MY JERK. Gag. When Hazard awakens to see to a change of the horses, Blaze attempts to lay some logic on Hazard but he'll have none of it. His memory of almost being buried alive all too fresh for him to forgive her even though its pretty obvious she had nothing to do with it. Here is a direct quote to show you how much time Hazard has REALLY thought about this: Blaze: "Why would I leave a note, anyway, if I'd had a hand in with Yancy?" Hazard: "Protect yourself, I suppose. Hell, don't ask me to figure it out. I gave up on that quite a few weeks ago." CAUSE IF I'VE DECIDED IT'S TRUE BUT CAN'T LOGICALLY FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S TRUE IT STILL MUST BE TRUE. Blaze tells him she isn't giving up on him that easy and will scratch out the eyes of any woman who tries to get near him. Hazard is unfazed.
They board a train in upstate New York for St. Louis and Hazard hires a whole car, which he keeps Blaze locked in anytime he leaves. Blazes reminds him she isn't trying to escape from him but Hazard is unmoved. This goes on for a few days till Hazard comes in with breakfast one morning to find Blaze vomiting. She explains its morning sickness and he holds her hair, cradles her and props her up in a chair with some pillows. After realizing his was being NICE, he gets moody and super quiet around Blaze. Blaze eventually has enough of this and forces him to talk to her. They talk about Yancy possibly being on their trail and a bunch of other stuff till we learn that Hazard's first wife died after she tried to give herself an abortion. Blaze is very apologetic about his first wife, says she never planned to go through with the abortion anyway, and asks Hazard to just try to be her friend. Hazard agrees but is sure to leave the train car anytime Blaze dresses or undresses, so as not to be "lured or enchanted again by Blaze's beauty or sensuality." Cause, ya know, Hazard has to make sure to keep everything in his pants lest his FEELINGS come jutting out. Eww.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Blaze: Chapter 36
Blaze is escorted to a very lavish but slightly tacky bedroom in Madame something something's abortion asylum, all ready to talk Madame something something into taking her black pearls and letting her run away from Fancy Yancy. She grits her teeth as the door opens, but who is it but none other than Mr. Jon Hazard Black! He must have really booked it to get from New York to Boston so quick. Blaze is shocked, overjoyed but then wary cause she sees how pissed off Hazard looks. She asks how he knew where she was, which just acts as fuel on the fire of Hazard anger. There is a lot of blah blah blah where Hazard gents angry, then calms himself by remembering Blaze is a spoiled bitch and says something cold and calculating that he thinks makes total sense but just succeeds in confusing Blaze and being rude. Blaze eventually becomes overwhelmed by her hearts gladness at seeing him, even though she is confused by Hazard's anger, and she starts to tear up. I'm going to chalk all this up the the baby, because FIREY Blaze would NEVER show such a lowly emotion in front of anyone, but maybe firey Blaze is all gone and we won't get to see her anymore... damn. Blaze is concerned for Hazed being in the same house as Yancy but apparently Hazard paid off Madame something something to let him steal Blaze out from under Yancy's nose. There a bunch more blah blah blah where Hazard is VERY COLD AND UNFEELING and Blaze MISSED HAZARD TERRIBLY but HE DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN. He still thinks she was in cahoots with Yancy, which she says she wasn't, but Hazard always jumps to the correct conclusions and she left a NOTE so that is obvious proof obviously. Hazard informs Blaze he is taking her back to Montana so the baby can be born with his people and then Blaze can get the fuck out of his life. Blaze says what if she doesn't want to leave to which Hazard replies you totes will WANT to leave because you'll be 2nd wife to my dead wife's sister who i'm gonna marry but lets not talk about that now cause we gotta go! Blaze tells him THIS CONVERSATION IS NOT OVER BUT OKAY and they escape out the window.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Blaze: Chapter 35
So SOMEONE shows up at Mummy's house (the author doesn't say who until almost the end of the chapter; she just calls him "he" a whole bunch. I'll describe the scene for you and you see if you can guess WHO IT MIGHT BE) and demands to see Blaze. Mummy: She isn't here. Him: Don't care. Get her down here. Mummy: No. Him: Fine. I'll go get her myself. Mummy: Thats foolish. She isn't here. Him: Okay, where is she? Mummy: Not here. Him: Yes, I got that. So WHERE is she? Mummy: None of your bees-wax. Him: Don't get cute. You've got ten seconds to tell me where she is before I choke the life out of you with my bare hands (hmmm... just WHO could that be?! I'm truly stumped). Mummy: You've caused her enough pain already! Just leave her alone! Him: Eight seconds. Mummy: You don't scare me. Him: Five seconds. Mummy: I'm not telling you a damn thing. Him: Two seconds. Mummy: Yancy will kill you when he gets back! Him: Well it is certainly convenient that he isn't here. One second. You're finished.
He grabs her and chokes her till she tells him that Blaze has been taken to see Madame something something in New York. Hazard (OH THATS WHO IT WAS, I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING) drops Mummy and runs out of the house, hell bent to get to New York before something TERRIBLE happens.
PS: I looked ahead and this book totals 47 CHAPTERS WITH AN EPILOGUE! HOW IS THIS BOOK STILL SO FAR FROM BEING OVER?! Gughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
He grabs her and chokes her till she tells him that Blaze has been taken to see Madame something something in New York. Hazard (OH THATS WHO IT WAS, I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING) drops Mummy and runs out of the house, hell bent to get to New York before something TERRIBLE happens.
PS: I looked ahead and this book totals 47 CHAPTERS WITH AN EPILOGUE! HOW IS THIS BOOK STILL SO FAR FROM BEING OVER?! Gughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Blaze: Chapter 34
While Yancy was correct, Hazard has been sleeping with Rose in her bed, he has NOT been having sex with her. Rose even goes so far as to proposition Hazard for some NSA sexy time, but Hazard politely refuses (SHOCKING). Rose asks Hazard why he doesn't just go after her and how do you know she wrote the note and knew of Yancy's plan and all the other things you've figured out all by yourself? Hazard says he just knows. Rose: Yes, but what about the baby Hazard? Hazard: I am SO ANGRY about that I have to keep my BLINDING RAGE constantly IN CHECK. Rose: * scared * Hazard: Sorry, I just feel like such a dupe... ya know. Since I believe myself to have been duped by my lady love. Rose: * understanding noises *
Once Hazard feels well enough he returns to his people but does not find the solace he seeks. He spends lots of time alone, BROODING LIKE A CHAMP, and the tribe starts to become worried. When Hazard approaches Bold Ax about marrying HfH Gurl they take it as a good sign (WHAT?!). Hazard decides that marrying HfH Gurl will finally squelch all the feeling he has still burning for Blaze (THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA AND BLAZE WILL PULL HER HAIR OUT). As Hazard sits by a tree in the crisp fall weather watching a mother and her two toddlers play together (condensed down from a page and a half into one sentence) he realizes he HATES EVERYTHING ABOUT BOSTON WINTERS (rightfully so) and NO BABY OF HIS WILL GROW UP THERE. So he saddles up, determined to bring his child back to where it belongs. Rising Wolf checks in with him before he leaves, and Hazard grinds his teeth a bunch and is very determined to win and all the ladies do as he says, or else. I really see this working out for Hazard. I mean this attitude has always done wonders for him, so I can't see it failing now! (end sarcasm.)
Hazard takes the train from Diamond City, resting his arm and sleeping with a hat over his eyes. Everyone is a little wary of him, but gives him his space. Outside of Salt Lake City some rustlers attempt to hold up Hazard's train and are promptly shot dead "in less time than the human eye could follow" (direct quote). Then everyone on the train give him LOTS of space. He makes it to Boston in a little over ten days flat (Ugh. Can you imagine? Ten days sitting on a coal train. Bleghhhhhhh).
Yancy lets Blaze in on the fact that he taking her to get an abortion about an hour before they are scheduled to leave for Planned Parenthood (see: big giant expensive house run by Madame something something in New York). Blaze says you can't make me and Yancy says yes I can and Blaze says you can't make me and Yancy says YES I CAN. Blaze decides this is a good time to try to plan an escape and decides to wear her REALLY EXPENSIVE black pearls, in hopes she can bribe Madame something something in New York to let her sneak away without telling Yancy. Blaze plans to head south in a hired carriage and then hop on a train west from Baltimore and get back to Montana as fast as she can.
Once Hazard feels well enough he returns to his people but does not find the solace he seeks. He spends lots of time alone, BROODING LIKE A CHAMP, and the tribe starts to become worried. When Hazard approaches Bold Ax about marrying HfH Gurl they take it as a good sign (WHAT?!). Hazard decides that marrying HfH Gurl will finally squelch all the feeling he has still burning for Blaze (THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA AND BLAZE WILL PULL HER HAIR OUT). As Hazard sits by a tree in the crisp fall weather watching a mother and her two toddlers play together (condensed down from a page and a half into one sentence) he realizes he HATES EVERYTHING ABOUT BOSTON WINTERS (rightfully so) and NO BABY OF HIS WILL GROW UP THERE. So he saddles up, determined to bring his child back to where it belongs. Rising Wolf checks in with him before he leaves, and Hazard grinds his teeth a bunch and is very determined to win and all the ladies do as he says, or else. I really see this working out for Hazard. I mean this attitude has always done wonders for him, so I can't see it failing now! (end sarcasm.)
Hazard takes the train from Diamond City, resting his arm and sleeping with a hat over his eyes. Everyone is a little wary of him, but gives him his space. Outside of Salt Lake City some rustlers attempt to hold up Hazard's train and are promptly shot dead "in less time than the human eye could follow" (direct quote). Then everyone on the train give him LOTS of space. He makes it to Boston in a little over ten days flat (Ugh. Can you imagine? Ten days sitting on a coal train. Bleghhhhhhh).
Yancy lets Blaze in on the fact that he taking her to get an abortion about an hour before they are scheduled to leave for Planned Parenthood (see: big giant expensive house run by Madame something something in New York). Blaze says you can't make me and Yancy says yes I can and Blaze says you can't make me and Yancy says YES I CAN. Blaze decides this is a good time to try to plan an escape and decides to wear her REALLY EXPENSIVE black pearls, in hopes she can bribe Madame something something in New York to let her sneak away without telling Yancy. Blaze plans to head south in a hired carriage and then hop on a train west from Baltimore and get back to Montana as fast as she can.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Blaze: Chapter 33
As Hazard is slowly pulling himself together, back in Boston, Mummy finds out that Bladdy left ALL his money to Blaze. Mummy gets to stay in her house and gets a stipend but the twnety two million dollar fortune all goes to Blaze. Mummy is FURIOUS and Blaze says she wants to go back to Montana. The book now goes on to describe how PAINFULLY BEAUTIFUL Blaze is in her mourning. Wearing all black and being slightly preggnoes apparently makes her IRRESISTIBLE to all the men in Boston, non of which she wants anything to do with. Hazard has ruined other men for her... they all seem so tame now. Mummy says Blaze returning to Montana is ridiculous and Blaze says you can't tell me what to do. This makes Mummy even ANGRIER and she goes to pitch a fit, but Fancy Yancy stops her, whispering in her ear that he has a plan. And its a good-un.
When they return to the house, Yancy secretly locks Blaze in her bedroom and goes to tell poor-simple Hannah the handmaid that Blaze left for Montana right after the will reading was over. Hannah is skeptical but is eventually convinced that yes, Blaze would leave without her, but thats okay because the poor girl is so distraught and what with the baby and all... oh, did you two not know about the upcoming birth? Mummy takes the news in stride, realizing she has even more leverage now, and tells Hannah that since Blaze is gone they will no longer be needing her. Hannah, NEVER QUESTIONING ANY OF THIS, leaves and goes to her sister's, out of Yancy and Mummy's way. This is why you don't hire simple people to be the hired help. They DON'T HELP AT ALL in minor cases of cunning. oh well.
Mummy and Yancy agree that the best way to get the monies off of Blaze is to make her sign her power of attorney over to them. They'll tell everyone she left for Montana and keep her locked in her room till she signs the papers and then ship her off to Europe to get her the hell out of their hair. Yancy and Mummy go upstairs and tell Blaze their demands. Blaze is less than fazed by the idea of losing all her monies (she has a trust fund they cant get within twenty miles of, so what does she care) but she doesn't like how greedy they're being about all this. Although, when your a single faceted villain, who wouldn't be shocked that all you want is to take the money and run? But I guess Blaze hasn't read too many romance novels. Blaze doesn't want the bad guys to win but she doesn't want them to kill her baby like they did Hazard, so she asks for time to think about it. Yancy says he'll give her three weeks... or else. Blaze goes to bed, wishing that Hazard wasn't dead and in the morning Yancy comes in to tell her that in fact, he isn't, but he is fucking other people while she isn't there. Blaze is elated that Hazard isn't dead, but confused why he is fucking other people. He said he loved her and was married to her. Doesn't that mean anything? Yancy suggests she not wait for Hazard to come save her and just sign the papers already. Blaze stares out the window until Yancy leaves and then devises a great escape plan to get the fuck out of Boston. While I wish that was true, it isn't. Instead of doing ANYTHING, Blaze JUST SITS THERE FOR THREE WEEKS HOPING HAZARD WILL COME SAVE HER. Thats it. I'm not quite sure where Blaze's blaze went, but apparently it went out. Yancy comes in at the end of three weeks and Blaze signs the papers without even putting up a fight (WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!). This wet blanket Blaze is WAY MORE ANNOYING than angry, irrational Blaze. Blegh.
Yancy and Mummy are up celebrating their big pile of monies when Yancy suggests they kill Blaze's baby in order to make sure there will never be any claim against them as the owners of ALL THE MONIES. Mummy isn't sure how he plans on doing that and Yancy explains in very small words that he is going to take Blaze to have an abortion. Since they have power of attorney over Blaze, they don't have to ask her about anything, they can just make her do it. Mummy wants to know when the dirty deed will be done, and Yancy says he will take care of it first thing in the morning.
When they return to the house, Yancy secretly locks Blaze in her bedroom and goes to tell poor-simple Hannah the handmaid that Blaze left for Montana right after the will reading was over. Hannah is skeptical but is eventually convinced that yes, Blaze would leave without her, but thats okay because the poor girl is so distraught and what with the baby and all... oh, did you two not know about the upcoming birth? Mummy takes the news in stride, realizing she has even more leverage now, and tells Hannah that since Blaze is gone they will no longer be needing her. Hannah, NEVER QUESTIONING ANY OF THIS, leaves and goes to her sister's, out of Yancy and Mummy's way. This is why you don't hire simple people to be the hired help. They DON'T HELP AT ALL in minor cases of cunning. oh well.
Mummy and Yancy agree that the best way to get the monies off of Blaze is to make her sign her power of attorney over to them. They'll tell everyone she left for Montana and keep her locked in her room till she signs the papers and then ship her off to Europe to get her the hell out of their hair. Yancy and Mummy go upstairs and tell Blaze their demands. Blaze is less than fazed by the idea of losing all her monies (she has a trust fund they cant get within twenty miles of, so what does she care) but she doesn't like how greedy they're being about all this. Although, when your a single faceted villain, who wouldn't be shocked that all you want is to take the money and run? But I guess Blaze hasn't read too many romance novels. Blaze doesn't want the bad guys to win but she doesn't want them to kill her baby like they did Hazard, so she asks for time to think about it. Yancy says he'll give her three weeks... or else. Blaze goes to bed, wishing that Hazard wasn't dead and in the morning Yancy comes in to tell her that in fact, he isn't, but he is fucking other people while she isn't there. Blaze is elated that Hazard isn't dead, but confused why he is fucking other people. He said he loved her and was married to her. Doesn't that mean anything? Yancy suggests she not wait for Hazard to come save her and just sign the papers already. Blaze stares out the window until Yancy leaves and then devises a great escape plan to get the fuck out of Boston. While I wish that was true, it isn't. Instead of doing ANYTHING, Blaze JUST SITS THERE FOR THREE WEEKS HOPING HAZARD WILL COME SAVE HER. Thats it. I'm not quite sure where Blaze's blaze went, but apparently it went out. Yancy comes in at the end of three weeks and Blaze signs the papers without even putting up a fight (WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!). This wet blanket Blaze is WAY MORE ANNOYING than angry, irrational Blaze. Blegh.
Yancy and Mummy are up celebrating their big pile of monies when Yancy suggests they kill Blaze's baby in order to make sure there will never be any claim against them as the owners of ALL THE MONIES. Mummy isn't sure how he plans on doing that and Yancy explains in very small words that he is going to take Blaze to have an abortion. Since they have power of attorney over Blaze, they don't have to ask her about anything, they can just make her do it. Mummy wants to know when the dirty deed will be done, and Yancy says he will take care of it first thing in the morning.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Blaze: Chapter 32
Rose is nursing Hazard back to health and every time she finds him alone she find him brooding and the more times she finds him brooding the more she thinks Blaze MENT SOMETHING to Hazard. Rose asks him one day if he wants to talk about it and Hazard says its going to take a lot of work to re-open the mine. Rose says thats not what she was referring to and Hazard thanks her for taking care of him again. Rose says that is not what she was talking about and Hazard asks if she is going to give in to the young clerk who obviously has the hots for her. Rose: STOP CHANGING THE SUBJECT HAZARD HE IS NICE TO ME. Hazard: You should be good to him, he is young. Rose: Hes only 4 years younger than you... Hazard: I've seen so much so I FEEL really old. Rose: Are you gonna go get Blaze back or what? Hazard: Why? Its not like I was into her or anything, she was just a pawn in the game I was playing with her father (LIES LIES LIES ALL LIES). Rose: *skepticism noises* Hazard: Nope, don't care about that red headed hottie, not one bit. Although... I do wonder about the baybeh sometimes... *le sigh* Hazard spends the rest of the chapter drinking heavily and telling himself that an Indian chief could NEVER choose a yellow eyes over his tribe and his INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS are way more important than any feelings he might have had for that horny ginger. And he is very angry about all of it.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Blaze: Chapter 31
We find Hazard still digging himself out of his collapsed mine, only now he has burnt out the last of his candles. By his calculations he is not more then ten inches from breaking through to the surface, but he is VERY TIRED, and VERY INJURED, and everything is taking A VERY LONG TIME. Now that Hazard has had to fight his way out of a mine collapse, I am doubling my bets on Fancy Yancy dyeing in a mine collapse. It would be very poetic of Hazard to kill his enemy in the same manner his enemy tried to kill him. So, Hazard is digging and digging and he is very tired and we hear about this over and over again for a few pages. Hazard breaks through to the surface and then very slowly takes his time getting out of the hole he has dug because, like I said, he is VERY INJURED. REMINDER: HAZARD IS FUCKED UP RIGHT NOW YO. He gets himself out of his hole and lies down on the ground, thanking the earth spirits and singing to them (no lie. Not sure where he is getting the energy to sing, but whatevs).
Hazard returns to the cabin to find everything either stolen or broken. He is shocked at the violence man is capable of, stumbles around in his pain to find a clue about Blaze's whereabouts and eventually discovers "her" note. It reads (direct quote): "Hazard, I don't make a good hostage. I told you that. I'm going back to Boston. Blaze." Hazard being a romance hero with no sense of skepticism, IMMEDIATELY BELIEVES THE NOTE TO BE TRUE. I don't know about you, but that note sounds NOTHING LIKE BLAZE. I mean really, she would have used so many more words and never had been able to communicate leaving Hazard to go back to Boston so eloquently. But Hazard falls for it and instantly assumes that Blaze's pregnancy was to further her father's company's claim on his land and mine. Cause if she has his baby (which nobody outside of Hazard can prove is his and with him supposedly dead and all... but we won't bring that up.), the baby would inherit everything that Hazard owns. Hazard vows to re-open the mine and never be caught un-aware again.
He limps his way to Rose's and faints in a chair in her room. Rose finds him, tends to him and when he wakes, tells him that Blaze has returned to Boston. Hazard says he knows, "I only wish the pampered princess (ouch) had left with less fanfare."
Hazard returns to the cabin to find everything either stolen or broken. He is shocked at the violence man is capable of, stumbles around in his pain to find a clue about Blaze's whereabouts and eventually discovers "her" note. It reads (direct quote): "Hazard, I don't make a good hostage. I told you that. I'm going back to Boston. Blaze." Hazard being a romance hero with no sense of skepticism, IMMEDIATELY BELIEVES THE NOTE TO BE TRUE. I don't know about you, but that note sounds NOTHING LIKE BLAZE. I mean really, she would have used so many more words and never had been able to communicate leaving Hazard to go back to Boston so eloquently. But Hazard falls for it and instantly assumes that Blaze's pregnancy was to further her father's company's claim on his land and mine. Cause if she has his baby (which nobody outside of Hazard can prove is his and with him supposedly dead and all... but we won't bring that up.), the baby would inherit everything that Hazard owns. Hazard vows to re-open the mine and never be caught un-aware again.
He limps his way to Rose's and faints in a chair in her room. Rose finds him, tends to him and when he wakes, tells him that Blaze has returned to Boston. Hazard says he knows, "I only wish the pampered princess (ouch) had left with less fanfare."
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Blaze: Chapter 30
All Fancy Yancy's horses and all Fancy Yancy's men show up at Hazards mine and fuck shit up. Hazard is caught completely unaware (how un-Indian of him!) and Blaze is instantly captured. We find Hazard hiding in his mine, the lower half of his arm shattered (literally described as "shattered," and how he got it, I still dont know. I read this whole chapter and they just never say!) and bleeding heavily. Fancy Yancy and his men are in the process of preparing to blow up the entrance to the mine and completely entomb Hazard. Though a lot of gobbilty-gook about Hazard being in BLINDING PAIN from his injury he limps his way to a box of candles and faints atop it as the mine entrance is blown shut. His one continuous thought is of Blaze and his unborn baybeh.
Blaze awakes to find herself in a bed in her mother's home. Mummy is there but Blaze demands to see Bladdy. Mummy says Bladdy is long dead and you're more than welcome to go look at him in the morgue if you really want to. Blaze, FINALLY AWARE HER FATHER HAS BEEN REPORTEDLY DEAD FOR TEN CHAPTERS, is upset and calls her mom a bitch. Mummy doesn't really care what Blaze has to say cause by the way your Indian man-whore is dead too. Shocked and numb, Blaze denies it for awhile, her mother confirms it for awhile and then Blaze hides her face in the pillow.
Blaze spends the next two days hiding in bed. Mummy suggests returning to Boston which Blaze numbly agrees to. She tells her maid Hannah (who I think we met in the beginning but it was such a minor mention that I didn't even notice it...) that after Bladdy is buried, she will return to the West and have her baby with the Indians. Hannah grieves for Blaze and offers her all the support in the world (which is sweet but, really? A ladies maid who COOS and CARES and BELIEVES IN YOU. I've never read that before. ever.).
Flash over to Hazard, who has been starting to chip away at the ceiling of the mine in his TERRIBLY INJURED CONDITION OH GOD I'M GONNA FAINT AGAIN. He makes a splint and watches his arm get nastier and nastier day by day but still he keeps chipping away at that ceiling cause HE MUST GET TO HIS BLAZE AND HIS BAYBEH. Or he will die trying (Just like 50 Cent!). Direct quote: "It would be his ultimate test and he knew it. Jon Hazard Black versus Death." (My bet is on Death in the long run...)
Blaze leaves on a jet plane (train) back to Boston with Fancy Yancy and Mummy. She still keeps to her bed and Hannah becomes concerned. When Hannah sees a little spark of life in Blaze's eyes one day, she reminds Blaze that she must FIGHT! She must! If not for her father's sake then for the sake of the child! There is the baybeh's birthright to consider! Blaze asks how Hannah knew and Hannah says all old biddies in romance novels can instantly tell whose pregnoes and who isn't. Its just a fact. But Fancy Yancy and Mummy don't know, I can assure you that. Cause they're not old biddies, they're bad guys... get it? Blaze understands and feels the fire in her burn once more! She asks for a dress, pen, paper and a witness. She is going to re-write her will! As she steps off the train in Boston a new fire once again burns in Blaze's soul, which Yancy and Mummy TOTALLY MISS (uh oh). Direct quote: "It was their first mistake in the battle about to erupt."
Blaze awakes to find herself in a bed in her mother's home. Mummy is there but Blaze demands to see Bladdy. Mummy says Bladdy is long dead and you're more than welcome to go look at him in the morgue if you really want to. Blaze, FINALLY AWARE HER FATHER HAS BEEN REPORTEDLY DEAD FOR TEN CHAPTERS, is upset and calls her mom a bitch. Mummy doesn't really care what Blaze has to say cause by the way your Indian man-whore is dead too. Shocked and numb, Blaze denies it for awhile, her mother confirms it for awhile and then Blaze hides her face in the pillow.
Blaze spends the next two days hiding in bed. Mummy suggests returning to Boston which Blaze numbly agrees to. She tells her maid Hannah (who I think we met in the beginning but it was such a minor mention that I didn't even notice it...) that after Bladdy is buried, she will return to the West and have her baby with the Indians. Hannah grieves for Blaze and offers her all the support in the world (which is sweet but, really? A ladies maid who COOS and CARES and BELIEVES IN YOU. I've never read that before. ever.).
Flash over to Hazard, who has been starting to chip away at the ceiling of the mine in his TERRIBLY INJURED CONDITION OH GOD I'M GONNA FAINT AGAIN. He makes a splint and watches his arm get nastier and nastier day by day but still he keeps chipping away at that ceiling cause HE MUST GET TO HIS BLAZE AND HIS BAYBEH. Or he will die trying (Just like 50 Cent!). Direct quote: "It would be his ultimate test and he knew it. Jon Hazard Black versus Death." (My bet is on Death in the long run...)
Blaze leaves on a jet plane (train) back to Boston with Fancy Yancy and Mummy. She still keeps to her bed and Hannah becomes concerned. When Hannah sees a little spark of life in Blaze's eyes one day, she reminds Blaze that she must FIGHT! She must! If not for her father's sake then for the sake of the child! There is the baybeh's birthright to consider! Blaze asks how Hannah knew and Hannah says all old biddies in romance novels can instantly tell whose pregnoes and who isn't. Its just a fact. But Fancy Yancy and Mummy don't know, I can assure you that. Cause they're not old biddies, they're bad guys... get it? Blaze understands and feels the fire in her burn once more! She asks for a dress, pen, paper and a witness. She is going to re-write her will! As she steps off the train in Boston a new fire once again burns in Blaze's soul, which Yancy and Mummy TOTALLY MISS (uh oh). Direct quote: "It was their first mistake in the battle about to erupt."
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Blaze: Chapter 29
At dawn, Blaze, Hazard, Rising Wolf and an escort start back for Hazard's mine. When they get there they find nothing has been altered. Nobody came in the house, nobody touched the mine, nobody found the big gun... nothing. If Fancy Yancy isn't dead (which I'm pretty sure he isn't... we're still waiting on that mine collapse!) then where in the hell has he been? He could have been ransacking things left and right! Once the mine is deemed all clear, Rising Wolf and the escort leave. Blaze and Hazard coo over each other, remembering the good times in the cabin (but avoiding the hostage situation). Hazard suggests, what with the baby coming and all, that they should find her father and tell him, or confirm if hes dead or not. Blaze thinks that's a great idea, but still has no idea that her father could be dead. Hazard plans to talk to Jimmy and Rose to see what he can find out about Bladdy's whereabouts.
Scene cuts to Blaze's mother and Fancy Yancy (NOT DEAD) discussing their wedding plans. Yancy now has a raspier edge to his voice, having survived the knife would to his neck (mine collapse here we come!). Yancy wants to get married right away but Blaze's mummy knows she must mourn her husbands death for at least a year, so not to be ostracized from Boston society. We now find out that Bladdy is in fact dead, and currently lying in the town morgue. Fancy Yancy sent out some men to kill Bladdy and his Indian escort and knew he would live through his knife wound when he found out they had been successful killed (how sweet). The men used long range pistols to pick off Bladdy and his Indian. Bladdy went down hard but his Indian limped away and hasn't been seen since (PREDICTION: Bladdy is NOT dead, he WAS the Indian. Tricky tricky). Blaze's mummy also needs Blaze back so they can go to Boston and collect on the will. She looks way better with a live daughter then she does with a dead one, so she asks Yancy to help her in retrieving Blaze but she makes sure to point out that she does not give a flying fuck what happens to Hazard. Yancy says he will take care of everything tomorrow, not a problem. Blaze's Mommy reminds him to bring the note (what note?) so that it looks like Blaze left of her own free will (ooooo! INTRIGUE!).
PS: I love short chapters, don't you?
Scene cuts to Blaze's mother and Fancy Yancy (NOT DEAD) discussing their wedding plans. Yancy now has a raspier edge to his voice, having survived the knife would to his neck (mine collapse here we come!). Yancy wants to get married right away but Blaze's mummy knows she must mourn her husbands death for at least a year, so not to be ostracized from Boston society. We now find out that Bladdy is in fact dead, and currently lying in the town morgue. Fancy Yancy sent out some men to kill Bladdy and his Indian escort and knew he would live through his knife wound when he found out they had been successful killed (how sweet). The men used long range pistols to pick off Bladdy and his Indian. Bladdy went down hard but his Indian limped away and hasn't been seen since (PREDICTION: Bladdy is NOT dead, he WAS the Indian. Tricky tricky). Blaze's mummy also needs Blaze back so they can go to Boston and collect on the will. She looks way better with a live daughter then she does with a dead one, so she asks Yancy to help her in retrieving Blaze but she makes sure to point out that she does not give a flying fuck what happens to Hazard. Yancy says he will take care of everything tomorrow, not a problem. Blaze's Mommy reminds him to bring the note (what note?) so that it looks like Blaze left of her own free will (ooooo! INTRIGUE!).
PS: I love short chapters, don't you?
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Blaze: Chapter 28
Blaze and Hazard spend the next little while in lovers bliss. They enjoy the sunshine, each other, and other gooey things. Hazard tells Blaze about a vision quest he went on where he learned he had greatness in him (not a dick joke). Blaze offers her love and support for anything Hazard may face with his greatness (heh heh). Hazard takes Blaze to some council meetings against his tribes wishes but he is the chief so he can do whatever he wants suck it (even though they are a very EQUAL society). Blaze is honored but taps out pretty quick cause the meetings are long and boring. While Hazard is getting his tribe meeting on, Blaze hangs out with a nephew of Hazard's named Red Plume. Hazard uses Blaze's absence to ask about Blaze's Daddy and if he is really dead or not. Lucky for him, the person who may or may not have seen Bladdy last is not at the tribe right now so Hazard just drops it and continues to think that not telling Blaze ANYTHING is the best policy. The tribe discusses the upcoming pony (read: panty) raid and agrees to leave in the morning.
Hazard is pulled aside by his dead wife's father, Bold Ax (again, not a dick joke), who tells him that his young daughter wants him BAD. Like, REAL BAD. Hazard is flattered but declines and says she'll get over it soon, she's young. I somehow see ALL THE THINGS HAZARD LOVES TO DISREGARD as being a problem later in this book...
Scene cut to Hazard and Blaze in bed late that night. Hazard tells Blaze he is leaving with the raid party tomorrow and Blaze can't come. Hazard is very slick about telling Blaze she cant come, so as to avoid her flaring up at him and demanding to be involved. Blaze is VERY WORRIED about Hazard dying and really doesn't want him to go. Hazard is kind (in his own way...), but insists that he is going. Scene cut to Blaze and Hazard's tearful goodbye. Ya know what this sounds like to me? Stockholm Syndrome. Her captor is leaving her ALONE in a society she doesn't understand after emotionally and sexually abusing her to the point of NEEDING him. Or its love. Who can say? Hazard says goodbye and leaves Blaze in Red Plume's care. Hazard rides out and is struck by the beauty of his land and contemplates his rich history and culture, rah rah boring. Rising Wolf laughs at Hazard and says he is getting soft over a yellow eyes. Hazard denies it but does admit to being stupidly happy and he highly recommends finding a bitch to leave behind. Rising Wolf says thanks but no thanks.
Back at the tribe, Blaze spends her days hanging out with Red Plume. Red Plume takes care of Blaze and falls in love with her. (Yes, just like that.) Blaze enjoys her time but misses Hazard and is REALLY WORRIED cause she knows she has a bun in the oven now (took her long enough). One morning Blaze wakes to the sound of horses and goes outside to find thirty horses outside Hazard's lodge. Hazard is BACK and has just made Blaze a VERY RICH WOMAN with all her pretty ponies. Blaze is so happy he's back and happy to hear he stole a groom for the horses as well.
Hazard sleeps, Blaze watches him and memorizes his face for awhile and contemplates how to tell Hazard she is in the family way. Hazard wakes up and tells her all about the raid and the ponies running and Spirit Eagle doing brave but stupid things and Blaze just thinks about how pretty Hazard is. I just cut down like four pages of Indian pony raid for you into one run-on sentence. Your welcome. Hazard asks Blaze if she missed him and she fucks him to show just how much. Im surprised she held off that long but aren't we always learning new and special things about Blaze?
Hazard and Blaze go to the post ponies party (alliteration what what!!) and run into Bold Ax with his Horny-for-Hazard daughter (the HfH Gurl). Bold Ax thanks Hazard for the horses he gave him, but is worried HfH Gurl is getting the wrong idea. HfH Gurl is eyeing up Blaze and remarking on how odd it is that she can't cook for her man. Hazard thanks her for her concern over his welfare but hes fine thankyouverymuch. Hazard says the ponies are just a gift between FRIENDS even though we established earlier that a gift of horses is a proposal... I'm sure Hazard knows way more about his CULTURE AND HERITAGE than I do... Blaze is a little miffed at HfH Gurl's inability to restrain herself but Hazard says there's nothing to worry about (LIKE HE ALWAYS DOES). He tells Blaze they're gonna leave in a few days, so really, its nothing to concern yourself over. Blaze doesn't want to leave but Hazard says they must. She goes all doe eyed on him but Hazard stands firm. I kinda miss Blaze's firey spirit... it at least made for more interesting arguments.
Blaze cannot sleep later that night for worrying. She keeps thinking about going back to the mine and how HORRIBLY FUCKED everything is there and decides its time to tell Hazard she's preggos. She wakes him and drops the bomb but Hazard tells her he already knew. I have to quote this next passage directly, cause you need to read the words Hazard uses to describe how long they've been doing the sexy dance. "I've been with you every day, from maré á ape así ? to batsu(w)ō' oce. I would have known if your monthly cycle had come." and no, the question mark is not a typo. Blaze asks Hazard if he's happy about the baby, and Hazard muses on the INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS he must face and the added terror of something being more important than he is. Blaze makes Hazard promise they can come back to the tribe for the birth of the baby. Hazard promises.
Hazard is pulled aside by his dead wife's father, Bold Ax (again, not a dick joke), who tells him that his young daughter wants him BAD. Like, REAL BAD. Hazard is flattered but declines and says she'll get over it soon, she's young. I somehow see ALL THE THINGS HAZARD LOVES TO DISREGARD as being a problem later in this book...
Scene cut to Hazard and Blaze in bed late that night. Hazard tells Blaze he is leaving with the raid party tomorrow and Blaze can't come. Hazard is very slick about telling Blaze she cant come, so as to avoid her flaring up at him and demanding to be involved. Blaze is VERY WORRIED about Hazard dying and really doesn't want him to go. Hazard is kind (in his own way...), but insists that he is going. Scene cut to Blaze and Hazard's tearful goodbye. Ya know what this sounds like to me? Stockholm Syndrome. Her captor is leaving her ALONE in a society she doesn't understand after emotionally and sexually abusing her to the point of NEEDING him. Or its love. Who can say? Hazard says goodbye and leaves Blaze in Red Plume's care. Hazard rides out and is struck by the beauty of his land and contemplates his rich history and culture, rah rah boring. Rising Wolf laughs at Hazard and says he is getting soft over a yellow eyes. Hazard denies it but does admit to being stupidly happy and he highly recommends finding a bitch to leave behind. Rising Wolf says thanks but no thanks.
Back at the tribe, Blaze spends her days hanging out with Red Plume. Red Plume takes care of Blaze and falls in love with her. (Yes, just like that.) Blaze enjoys her time but misses Hazard and is REALLY WORRIED cause she knows she has a bun in the oven now (took her long enough). One morning Blaze wakes to the sound of horses and goes outside to find thirty horses outside Hazard's lodge. Hazard is BACK and has just made Blaze a VERY RICH WOMAN with all her pretty ponies. Blaze is so happy he's back and happy to hear he stole a groom for the horses as well.
Hazard sleeps, Blaze watches him and memorizes his face for awhile and contemplates how to tell Hazard she is in the family way. Hazard wakes up and tells her all about the raid and the ponies running and Spirit Eagle doing brave but stupid things and Blaze just thinks about how pretty Hazard is. I just cut down like four pages of Indian pony raid for you into one run-on sentence. Your welcome. Hazard asks Blaze if she missed him and she fucks him to show just how much. Im surprised she held off that long but aren't we always learning new and special things about Blaze?
Hazard and Blaze go to the post ponies party (alliteration what what!!) and run into Bold Ax with his Horny-for-Hazard daughter (the HfH Gurl). Bold Ax thanks Hazard for the horses he gave him, but is worried HfH Gurl is getting the wrong idea. HfH Gurl is eyeing up Blaze and remarking on how odd it is that she can't cook for her man. Hazard thanks her for her concern over his welfare but hes fine thankyouverymuch. Hazard says the ponies are just a gift between FRIENDS even though we established earlier that a gift of horses is a proposal... I'm sure Hazard knows way more about his CULTURE AND HERITAGE than I do... Blaze is a little miffed at HfH Gurl's inability to restrain herself but Hazard says there's nothing to worry about (LIKE HE ALWAYS DOES). He tells Blaze they're gonna leave in a few days, so really, its nothing to concern yourself over. Blaze doesn't want to leave but Hazard says they must. She goes all doe eyed on him but Hazard stands firm. I kinda miss Blaze's firey spirit... it at least made for more interesting arguments.
Blaze cannot sleep later that night for worrying. She keeps thinking about going back to the mine and how HORRIBLY FUCKED everything is there and decides its time to tell Hazard she's preggos. She wakes him and drops the bomb but Hazard tells her he already knew. I have to quote this next passage directly, cause you need to read the words Hazard uses to describe how long they've been doing the sexy dance. "I've been with you every day, from maré á ape así ? to batsu(w)ō' oce. I would have known if your monthly cycle had come." and no, the question mark is not a typo. Blaze asks Hazard if he's happy about the baby, and Hazard muses on the INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS he must face and the added terror of something being more important than he is. Blaze makes Hazard promise they can come back to the tribe for the birth of the baby. Hazard promises.
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