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 frowned, unsettled by my lenient attitude toward Lance. Was he not responsible for Bent Nose’s slaughter? Not only that, but if he had gone from harassment to murder, that was as bad as what the militia had been doing.


The lieutenant was right about one thing. Those committing these raids were bent on killing. They would take enough horses to provide alternate mounts in case of hard pursuit, but would not want a large herd to slow them down. They would kill the beasts they did not need to deny them to the whites.


I grew uneasy. Was there some darkness in Dull Lance I had not seen when he wintered at the farm to recover from his wound?   28


My partner had no sooner disappeared down the trail than I became aware of another presence. A man stepped out from around the rear of the cabin.


Chapter 88