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

“I’ve thought about what you told me. About living on a wheel, I mean. I can see some sense to it.”


“You are going to be a father now. Doesn’t that change your thinking?”


“Some. But I’ll be a good husband and father. I’ll love them both. But you need…”


“Do not deceive yourself. What you are asking is not for my benefit. If we are to do this thing again, it must be because you wish it—without reservation. When you arrive at that conclusion, then perhaps.”


Andre fell silent while I finished my bath. When I rose from the tub, he moved up behind me, draped a towel around my shoulders, and began drying my back. The rubbing turned into a caress, the caress, into an embrace. I felt his breath in my ear.


“Without reservation,” he whispered.


There was a pain in my chest as I responded to him. “Are you certain?”


Chapter 77