Loren rose early and stepped outside to head for the outhouse. As he went out the door heavy moist air hit his lungs, but dawn seem to be breaking and the clouds weren"t massed together in blackness. When he returned to the house for breakfast, the clouds were rolling into huge masses of gray and black to cover the sky. That storm is moving in rapidly, he thought, and wondered why it filled him with unease. Their plans for enlarging the ranch and increasing the livestock were going well. The only disruptive element was Morgana"s second pregnancy. As with the first one, her personality had undergone a metamorphosis and she was once again a quarrelsome, worried, fault-finding nag. Two-year-old Bellana was the only one who did not displease her.
He built a fire in the range and put on the ch
