1. Two Worlds


    Date: 8/8/2015, Categories: Historical, Author: Jonathans_Fantasies, Rating: 21, Source: LushStories

    his horse and took it back to the cabin he had been staying at until he left in a couple days. He paid for the supplies, and as she took the money from him, he took her hand for a moment. "Are you sure you are all right? I didn't hurt you when I caught you, did I?" he asked. Little Deer smiled and shook her head. "No, I am fine. Thank you for holding me," she meant catching her, but either way worked for him. She was nice to catch or to hold! Finally, the day came that he was to leave for his homestead. Travis was all packed and the horses loaded as he started for the main gate. As he rode past the trading post, Little Deer was out front sweeping the wooden sidewalk. He smiled and tipped his hat at her and she coyly looked down. But she raised her face a second after to watch him ride out the main gate on his way. He rode steady the whole day, not pushing his horses too hard, but not slacking up much either. He was in a hurry to make good time - the sooner he could get to his homestead site, the sooner he could get started! Along about sundown, he had to stop though, and make camp for the night. He made a fire and cooked himself up a small, but filling dinner, and laid down next to the fire to sleep. He had been asleep for awhile, when a sudden noise woke him. He reached for his rifle instinctively - something he had learned to do during the War and had carried over into this new wilderness life. But as he reached for it, it wasn't there! He jumped up and found himself face ...
    to face with an Indian with a knife! The Indian looked over to where his rifle laid, too far away for him to reach it before the Indian would jump him and slit his throat. He was caught dead to rights! He mentally kicked himself for being caught so easily - and on his first night alone to boot! But then the firelight revealed something to him... this was no Indian brave, but a woman! And she recognized him instantly too. "Hello Travis Dillon," she said. It was Little Deer! She had tracked him the whole day long and had come into camp because she was hungry. She was taking some food from the fire when she accidentally tipped the pot of stew enough for some of the liquid in it to spill into the fire and flare it. She knelt down on the ground, placing her forehead to the ground in front of her and held the knife up over her head in a surrendering posture. He took the knife from her and she stayed kneeling and waiting for him to do whatever he wanted to her. "Get up Little Deer. I'm not going to hurt you," he said. She raised her head and looked at him and smiled. He sat down in front of her as she knelt there. "What are you doing here? How did you get here?" he asked. "I follow you," she replied, matter of factly. "I follow your horse." "Why? Why aren't you back at the fort where you belong?" "Because I cannot. I kill." "You kill? What do you mean?" That's when Little Deer began telling him her whole story... "Four snows ago, my village attacked by white soldiers. They kill many ...
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