Born into a society tolerant of homosexuals, River Otter is confused by the white culture’s persecution of such men. As the war begins to wind down, Otter leaves the only home he has ever known to help Major James Morrow, commandant of Ft. Yanube, build a farm north of the fort. He begins a new life with the handsome major while coming to grips with growing hostility toward natives and rising danger from a local militia bent on eliminating all bloods from the territory.<br><br>As his physical attraction for the blond soldier slowly grows into a love perilous to both of them, Otter is distracted by personal challenges. As he struggles to survive the social and political upheaval sweeping the plains, can remain true to his own set of values?

River Otter

Next, we went to the gun shop where a second generation of management had already succeeded the original. Thomas Hawkes had sold me many a weapon over the years, yet his son, William, only grudgingly accepted my silver for an early model repeating rifle and some shells. Rock went wide-eyed when I turned them over to him.


“Try not to shoot yourself, any of your family, or me,” I said to the eager young man. “This is for hunting game.”


We next stopped at the livery stable where I saw a mustang gelding with the look of speed about him. When I asked Rock’s opinion, the youth hopped the fence to the corral and examined the animal more closely. After walking around and feeling the flanks and shoulders of the edgy, short-legged plains horse, Rock delivered his opinion.


Chapter 21