Cut Hand

Far from the world he knows, he’ll find a home. Among strangers, he’ll find acceptance. And in the arms of an unexpected man, he’ll find love. Young Billy Strobaw comes West to escape the stigma of his Tory family. In the Dakota Territories, he encounters the Yanube warrior Cut Hand. Billy’s attraction to the other man is as surprising as the Yanube perspective on same-sex love. Unlike Europeans, the Siouan tribe celebrates such unions. Billy and Cut Hand can live as partners and build a life together, which Billy agrees to do. As Billy struggles to acclimate to a very different culture, quickly discovering the Yanube have as much to teach him as he has to impart to them, a larger struggle is brewing. The white man is barreling through the Great Plains, trampling underfoot anyone who stands in his way. As a leader of his people, Cut Hand must decide whether it will be peace or war. In a historical romance taking place against the epic backdrop of the early American West, where a single spark can ignite a powder keg of greed, lust for power, and misunderstanding, one man must find his place in history and his role in the preservation of all he has come to value.

Mark Wildyr · LGBT+

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115 Chs

Chapter 63

I growled low in my throat. “You are well-named. A wolverine is a wily beast.”

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The next day, two Pipe Stem warriors escorted me until I was almost within sight of the bridge near the town. Thereafter, a buckboard and I were the only travelers on the road in the early April chill. The livery agreed to look after my Conestoga, so I reserved a room at the Rainbow and headed for the public bath. As I waited my turn, Second Lt. James Morrow entered, and we refreshed our acquaintance. I expressed surprise the public facilities drew military custom.

“Too rushed and hurried an affair at the barracks,” the blond-headed, baby-faced officer explained. “It’s all right for getting clean, but once in a while I like to sit and soak.”

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