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Resisting Fate - Part Two of Three
Date: 8/13/2015, Categories: Historical, Author: Poppet, Rating: 32, Source: LushStories
It was only when I watched Red Elk turn his back to me and began to ride off that I understood. He was making me decide if I wanted to go with him or to return to my own kind. But they weren't my own kind, were they? I'm not American, and I couldn't trust them. For all I know they were no different than the savages who killed my husband, and would do awful things to me. At least Red Elk had shown he wasn't going to hurt me or force me into anything I didn't want to do. I wasn't sure what to expect if I were to go with Red Elk. Was I to live with him and his people? Would his kind accept me, a white woman who did not speak their language or know their ways? Did Red Elk even want me to come, and if he did, as what? We had that flame for a moment, but in the last few days it hadn't been there. My feelings for him had continued to grow, but he made no advances and neither had I. Unsure what I wanted in my heart, and my soul being confused, I didn't push the matter. The more I began to understand him, my feelings became stronger than even they were for my now dead husband. That didn't mean he felt the same for me, or as far as I knew, even wanted to. Yes, I could have gone with the soldiers, but where would I go after that? I had nothing, no money, nothing of value to sell. There was no going back home for me. If my family ever found out I never gave myself to my husband, they'd more than likely marry me off to someone else. I don't want to go through that again. I might not be as ...