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"Understood Captain, and thanks…"
"Good luck to you all," The Captain said. "Now get out of here."
With that they quietly walked their horses to the rear of the fort and snuck out through the small gateway.
Breaking into a full gallop they ran for safety. No one had spotted them, and they were a long distance away before any sign of daylight.
It seemed like hours until they finally slowed down. Chase pulled her off her horse and asked her how she was doing.
Katherine nodded. "I'm fine."
Chase looked at Lee. "Will you go with us to the Shawnee camp?"
"I'll be sayin' goodbye now, Chase. I couldn't stand by and let them hang you, now could I?" Lee laughed.
Katherine hugged him and kissed him tenderly on the lips.
Lee sighed, "Wow, for that I would almost go with you."
Katherine smiled and let him go.
"Good luck to you both. Hope you have many children…" Lee chuckled.
And then he was gone…heading south. Heading home…
Chapter Twenty-Four
As they made camp Katherine seemed very tired.
"So…you go with me?" Chase asked as he joined her and they made a small fire to smoke a rabbit. He tensed around her now, as though he wasn't sure what she might think or do.
"Yes…I go with you." She admitted, but her smile was tight and tense.
The meat cooked slowly as they stared into the fire.
"I sense there is more to this than you are telling me." Chase watched her expressions change from one to another.
"You will not touch me again, Chase Rivers…I am not your woman, do you understand?" she frowned at him.
He nodded almost instantly. "I understand. You go for my people, not for me…"
She nodded. "And to learn more…."
"That is good…" he encouraged.
"You aren't angry?" she asked, a little shock showing on her furrowed brow.
"No…why should I be? You go to save my people."
"I sense you want to claim me…" Her face blushed bright red..
"I do…but only when you are ready," He coaxed.
"And if I am never ready?"
"Then I must live with your decision." He nodded.
"Good," she seemed to relax then and ate heartily.
