Chapter 44
With a sudden emptiness in my gut, I spoke. “If you have no further need of me, I will return to our home.”
“Take Little Eagle and Otter with you in case you need to send a message.”
Before I could rise, he stayed me with a hand on my shoulder and inquired as to my contentment with life among the Yanube and with his son. It was unlike this man to pry into personal matters, so I replied carefully.
“He has been good to me, and I believe I have been good for him.”
“He seems satisfied,” Yellow Puma said. “I set my heart against your union until Cut Hand married and sired children, but you have been good for him. My son is more serious and grows in wisdom each season. He is a contented man.”
Uncertain how to reply, I resorted to their term of universal meaning. “Hah!” Then I retreated outside, my cheeks burning with pride.
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