Rain Riders

  “How so?”

  “While Gage was fired up over signing the documents he dropped a comment about a rain stick. Apparently Draven and his crew found one while digging on your farm.”

  A distant look swept over Shye’s face. “So that’s why the riders came.”

  “I assume you knew about them too?”

  “Most people in our community have heard of them. I knew about the sacred dances performed with the unique instruments, but many things about our history are a mystery. They are woven into our culture,” she told him. “When you grow up in a tribal environment you hear many stories, learn many legends, and see the artwork passed down through generations. Native Americans express their visions or beliefs through art such as painting, beading, and so on. Everything they make carries meaning. The colors they use, the textures and shapes…all symbolize important details of their story…of their lives.” Her eyes carried the secrets of tales untold when she gazed at him. “I’ve seen many modern rain sticks but the original pieces are extremely rare…like the one I held during my time with the riders. If Pike found one of those ancient relics and kept it, he won’t have a moment’s peace and they will continue following him.”

  “Why didn’t they take his soul on the road then?”

  “He didn’t have the rain stick with him. They might be searching for the piece. Or…” Her sweet lips curved upward. “Perhaps the riders are saving him for you.”

  About the Author

  Austina Love is a multi-published author with various pen names in many different genres with Extasy and Divine Destinies Books. Currently she resides with her husband and two sweet Maltese dogs.

  In addition to writing romantic fiction, her passions include music, dance, culture, and creating new recipes in the kitchen. Always the dreamer, never the realist, Austina takes life one day at a time while battling the daily challenge of Meniere’s Disease.

  She has a deep love for animals and nature, believes strongly in the spirit world and values loyalty most of all in people. Her dream is to visit the ocean many times, preferably on a Harley. The love of her life was a very special Bichon Frise and not a day goes by that she doesn’t think of him since his premature passing.

  Ambitious and quirky, she loves to laugh. She feels that passion is everything and without passion one is not truly living but merely existing.