IT WAS VERY HARD FOR him not to spend all of his time outside of Tarsha’s cabin in the hopes that she would return to him. He forced himself to visit her only once a day and when he did visit, he focused mostly on their son. He owed that to Mason and he was glad to have the time with him. She often found a reason to leave father and son alone, but the moments when the three of them were together gave Cole hope that she would soon come around, no matter how distant she was.
She never denied her love for him. All she would tell him was that the love that they felt was not the most important thing. Mason was. As Cole watched Tarsha among his people, he could not deny that she had taken to life on the mountain. She worked as hard as any bear in the tribe and she was doing all that she could t
