Under the cover of darkness, the trio left Nate standing in the doorway of what had become their home. They rode around to the back of the livery and made their way out of town, secretly, silently. On a hill overlooking Bethel, they stopped and looked back.
Lee looked from Tatanka to the boy. As he had come to expect, they were stoic as was the way with their race. Lee sighed and reined Ranger to the west, leading the pack horse behind him. The words of Spotted Owl, Tatanka’s brother, came back to him. “Hiya makoce nupa umnipi: You cannot walk in two worlds.”
Chapter 5: The Pueblo