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Chapter 38: NEEDING A WARRIOR

Dark Star was troubled as she lay in her husband's arms.

"I miss the man I married," she confessed, her voice a hushed whisper in the darkness.

"What do you mean?" Peter propped himself up on his elbow, before looking down at his wife.

"You've changed," Dark Star explained slowly, taking a moment to choose her words well. "Some change is wonderful, of course, but I can't help but miss the wild chief I married." She rolled her next words around in her mouth as though tasting them. "Peter Hendricks...it doesn't have the same appeal..."

Peter frowned in the darkness.

"I only want the Frenchmen to feel comfortable in our midst. My name may strike fear in them and this fort must be built. An alliance between our people is beneficial..." Peter explained a moment before suddenly grasping her wrists firmly in his hand, raising her arms above her head.

His grip was vice-like and unyielding.