The young man—Little Lion—cried uncontrollably: "How could you only just return?"
"What happened?" Winters suddenly became alert.
"Do you even have the face to ask?" Little Lion sobbed and cursed loudly: "I've hunted down all the rats in the valley!"
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The winter valley of the Flying Feather Tribe
Winters stood outside the felt tent, wanting to enter yet not daring to.
His subordinates wisely kept their distance, not wanting to provoke the Blood Wolf at this time.
Colonel Moritz had disappeared, Mayor Gerard Mitchell had disappeared, and even the most upright and reliable Father Kaman had disappeared.
Winters's fingertips touched the tent curtain, then he withdrew them, touched again, and withdrew again, repeatedly three or four times, until he heard a crisp voice from inside the tent: "Come in."
Winters pushed aside the tent curtain, and Anna was waiting for him.
Fortunately, what he saw was a smiling face.
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