Chapter 10 - The Mountain’s Heart
By the following winter, the cabin was no longer a place of grief; it was a home. The five children were thriving, and the name "Sadie Thorne" had become a legend in the territory—a woman who was strong enough to face the wolves, wise enough to teach the young, and brave enough to love again.
On a cold, bright morning, Sadie stood on the porch with Silas. Little Mia was playing with the twins in the yard, and the older children were helping with the wood. Sadie looked down at the valley, then back at the man who had bought a wife for a pouch of gold and found a soul mate instead.
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She wasn't the widow who scrubbed floors for people who despised her. She was the mountain woman who had rewritten her story. As Silas put his arm around her waist, drawing her into the warmth of the cabin, Sadie knew that she had never been barren. She had just been waiting for the right soil in which to plant the seeds of her heart.
The snow began to fall again, soft and white, but for the first time in her life, Sadie didn't fear the winter. She was home.
