A love between two very different men is put to the test. John Strobaw, a young mixed-blood, grows up in the relative security of a family farm after the Civil War. His mother raises her family as Americans, but his foster brother, Matthew Brandt feels his red blood more keenly and leaves to ride with Crazy Horse. John doesn’t understand the longing he feels for his absent companion until he has his first sexual experience with a man and he only thinks of Matthew. After the murder of Crazy Horse, Matthew makes his way back home. John fights hard against a growing lust for Matthew, but when he ultimately succumbs, he is lost to this handsome, dusky warrior. Just when the future looks bright, another suitor appears -- a handsome Cheyenne army scout, and trouble looms on the horizon.

Echoes of the Flute

Just as I reached my limit of the enervating heat, Otter beckoned me outside to plunge into the bracing waters of Turtle Crick. The shock gave me an erection, but my heart was pure, and I felt no embarrassment. We climbed out of the water on the cabin side of the crick and dried off with toweling he’d placed there earlier.


Chapter 19