Comes Home, that is surely how I feel, but…yet I have another home. Nathaniel is there. What can he be thinking? Has he heard of the attack? Does he believe me dead?
Robert was pulled from these thoughts by Red Horse walking beside him with his arm around his shoulders.
“Comes Home,” I like that,” the brave said. “I hope that you do, as well?”
“I do,” admitted Robert. “I do.”
Red Horse’s ready smile deepened and he pulled Robert even closer. Robert tentatively put his arm around the slender waist of the Indian.
Robert looked around as the two men walked through the village, arms around each other. No one seemed to have the slightest reaction. How different from back home where such behavior would have resulted in severe retribution. It made the young man feel free.
“Here we are,” sai
