““Ah, Blue Eyes.” His voice, muffled against her neck, went raw with emotion. “I made no tricks against you. My heart sings only good things. It is the truth I speak.” “I saw you at the fire!” They were back to the fire again? Hunter tried to think what it was she thought she had seen. “I was at the fire, yes. This is bad?” “You were announcing our marriage and promising your people you would scalp me and Amy! Just like Red Buffalo said you would! I saw you!” He couldn’t help but smile, imagining how it must have looked to her. “ Ka , no. I told them of my battle with Santos, Blue Eyes.” “But they cheered!” “Because I fought and reclaimed your Aye-mee’s honor. They cheered for my courage, eh? And my victory.””
