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    POTTERY-SHARDS-3                          "Robert's Companion"
    {Part #3 of 9}                            Copyright 1997 by Vince Water
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                             "Robert's Companion"

       Robert McLinn rode through unfamiliar roads. They led away from the
    Eastern cities, away from the crowds of people and their 'noble ideals'
    of civilization. He left trouble behind. Nobody knew him out here in
    the wilds.

       The West. He heard that a fresh start could be made towards the
    setting sun. There were unspoiled lands in the west, new clean cities
    starting up, magnificent natural wonders and a new people to be found
    out here. Robert was a young man of eighteen. He had a lifetime of
    dreams ahead of him to fulfill.

       The young man sat over his horse and breathed it all in. He looked
    around at the changes in landscape with wonder. A vast spread of land
    lay ahead of him. Golden grass to a man's knees grew like a farmer's
    planted crop. There were no barns or houses here. All of it was flat
    wilderness. God's planting.

       The dirt path that Robert followed had broken out of the forest. It
    went along the prairie but didn't cross into it. Trees stood like a
    wall on the man's right. He could feel the heat of the late afternoon
    sun upon his face.

       His thoughts turned to water. The skins would need filling. He
    hadn't passed through any towns since morning. It was the road that
    guided him west and away. A lone traveler. Without a companion, he had
    the freedom to choose his own course. Yet he was unfamiliar with the
    dangers that could be faced. Night was coming on. He didn't even know
    where to sleep.

       Robert wondered if he should be looking for a place in the woods. It
    would hide his camp better than to set up on the road. He was warned
    about the rebellious Indians in these parts. Not all of them had settled
    peacefully on their Reservation. That threatened white travelers.

       A few hills rose to the north. Perhaps he could sleep on top of one.
    It would command a view and allow him some warning against approach.
    Robert sighed wearily. He began wishing that he had traveled with more
    experienced folk for a ways before striking it out on his own.

       Robert was taken from his thoughts by a loud yell. It was followed
    by a cracking sound that he couldn't immediately identify. There were
    a few more quick snaps and more yelling. He kicked his horse forward
    to see what was happening.

       A sharp bend in the road took Robert to the altercation. He saw a
    heavily packed horse and two men. One was white and the other was
    darkly skinned. It was hard to tell who had yelled or to know what was
    going on. To be safe, he pulled out his rifle and readied it. 'The white
    man may have need of my help,' thought Robert.

       There were spilled goods over the ground. Shiny metal pots and
    utensils. The white man must be a trader, Robert guessed. He wore a
    dirty white beard and held what looked like a coiled snake in his left
    hand. The old trader pulled a rifle from its holster on his horse. He
    aimed it in Robert's direction.

       The young man held up his left hand in friendship. He realized that
    the old man's hostile response had come from caution. That dark-skinned
    savage was the obvious enemy.

       "Help me to catch him!" shouted the old trader. He pointed to the
    fleeing Indian.

       Robert kicked his horse in pursuit. The naked savage ran towards
    the prairie. There were no stolen goods in his hands. He wrapped his
    arms protectively about his head and often stumbled. Lines of blood
    covered the Indian's lower back.

       The savage ended his run when Robert's horse blocked all avenues of
    escape. He crouched over the ground and whimpered in defeat. The trader
    ran forward with a triumphant laugh. He arched his left hand and
    delivered a whip strike to the Indian's backside. The cruelty of that
    act shocked Robert.

       "What's going on?" Robert shouted. His first impression of the
    incident had been one of Indian thief fleeing from the white trader.
    What he saw now was much different.

       "That be my Indian," the trader explained. "He tried running away so
    I'm teaching him a lesson!"

       The young man looked at the Indian with new eyes. His heart went
    out to the poor wretch. It was obvious that the savage expected more
    whipping. He made a ball of his body over the ground and used his arms
    to protect his face.

       Robert felt a tightness in his stomach. He was attracted to the dark
    skinned Indian. The savage's body was well muscled yet thin like a boy's.
    Long black hair flowed over his small shoulders. He had a nice butt.

       The old man cracked his whip over the Indian's back again. It left a
    nasty welt over the dark skin. The savage's sharp cry followed its
    passing. Robert had to stop it. He sprang down from his horse and stood
    in front of the fallen Indian. His actions were a surprise to the trader.

       "Why are you protecting him?" asked the old man. "He's not worth
    anything but the ten dollars worth of trade goods that I paid. I was
    told that he'd serve me. Yet all he wants to do is run away."

       "Whipping him won't accomplish anything," said Robert cooly.

       "Teach him a lesson it will!"

       The young man shook his head in dismay. "That'll only make him want
    to run even more. What good is it if you'll have to always be keeping
    an eye on him? Aren't you afraid that his Indian friends will come to
    rescue him?"

       The white bearded man laughed. "I can see that you don't know much
    about these parts," he answered. "He's Shoshone. The savages around
    here are the Crow and the Cheyenne. Blood enemies of his. He had been
    their prisoner for years before I came and traded for him."

       "No good words!" protested the Indian.

       The trader raised his whipping arm in warning. "He's a liar! All
    Indians are."

       Robert stood his ground in front of the Indian. He swung his rifle
    at the trader in silent response. Tension grew between them. The young
    man turned sideways to keep his eyes on both of them. He needed to
    learn the truth before deciding what to do.

       The naked Indian crawled to his rescuer's legs. Dirty hands wrapped
    around Robert's shoes. The Indian's submissive pose was distracting to
    the young man. He was drawn to the dark-skinned body with eyes that
    were curious to spy on the savage's sex.

       The Indian peered up at Robert. Their eyes met and locked. The young
    man was surprised to see that he was only a boy. Something twisted in
    his stomach. He felt a real longing to take this Indian boy into his
    arms to comfort him.

       A movement from the trader took Robert's eyes from the boy. He
    realized that all of his attention was required if he were to find a
    way out of this dangerous situation. Talk was a good way, he knew. It
    didn't have to turn violent between them.

       "I will hear both sides of the story," said Robert. "Your whip is
    making me real nervous."

       The trader muttered something under his breath. He lowered his whip
    and looked to his own rifle for a way out of his predicament. An
    unpleasant thought struck him. It hadn't been reloaded since taking a
    shot at a rabbit that had crossed his path earlier. The little varmint
    had gotten away. That's what had caused the old man's foul mood.

       A wicked smile filled the trader's face. He realized that this
    upstart from the East wouldn't know that his gun wasn't loaded. The
    old man was skilled at using a whip. If it were to come to a fight, he
    felt that its strike could match the young man's rifle from surprise.

       Robert kept an eye on the trader. He felt that something was being
    planned to his ill. Quick answers were needed. He spoke to the Indian
    on the ground. "Why are you with him?"

       The Indian answered, "white trader to Cheyenne give fire drink. Do
    white man say... Give Aya-wen to him!"

       "Were you a prisoner of the Cheyenne?" Robert asked.

       "No! I Shoshone. Taken by Cheyenne as boy to lived them. Fire drink
    to crazy make Cheyenne. Do bad things. Give Aya-wen to white trader for
    metal knife."

       The young man was surprised by the Indian's words. He wasn't
    expecting the wild boy to be able to speak much. It made him appear
    that much more a human being. 'How could he be a slave of another man?'
    he wondered. All men; black, white and red were free by law in these
    United States. What Robert had seen angered him. He made up his mind
    about what to do.

       "I'm taking him with me," said Robert. "He's not a slave."

       "That boy is worth money to me!" the trader replied. "You can't steal
    him." The old man shook his pointed gun at Robert in threat. He slowly
    aimed his whip at the young man's rifle and was preparing to strike.

       A sickening fear went through Robert. He had hoped to prevent a gun
    fight. The young man knew that to fire his rifle would bring death onto
    himself when the old man responded in like fashion. It was a dangerous
    stand off between them.

       The Indian trembled against his leg. Robert felt very afraid for the
    boy and himself. He decided that no matter what were to transpire here,
    he wouldn't give the youth back to this trader. He reached down and
    took hold of the Indian boy's arm to lift him up. A resolve of strength
    filled the young man.

       "We're leaving," whispered Robert.

       The old man watched their slow retreat. Robert took those few heavy
    steps towards his horse. He gestured for the Indian boy to mount up
    while he took hold of his horse's reins. They headed for the road. The
    trader followed at a distance.

       Robert knew that something would have to be done before they could
    safely leave. He noticed the Indian's breechclout laying over the dirt
    admits the trader's fallen packs. It gave him an idea.

       A twenty dollar gold piece was slowly brought out from Robert's
    pocket. It was held out to the trader in offer. When the old man
    smiled, Robert slowly closed the distance between them. He dropped the
    gold coin at the trader's feet.

       "You're a fool!" said the trader. "Go ahead. Take him. He'll likely
    run away or murder and scalp you for your trouble!"

       Robert ignored the trader's warning. He backed off slowly in the
    direction of the trader's fallen packs. His left hand scooped up the
    Indian breechclout from the ground. This he brought back to the boy
    waiting on the road with his horse.

       A scuffling sound told Robert that the Indian was covering his body.
    The young man was too busy keeping an eye on the trader to watch it as
    he would have liked. They took to the road in silence. Butterflies
    danced in Robert's stomach. He half expected a gun shot to his back.

       After walking a quarter mile or so, a galloping horse came upon them
    from behind. Robert readied his rifle. It was the trader who sped past
    them. He breathed a sigh of relief. There was a look of hatred glaring
    from the Indian's dark eyes. They softened when looking at the young
    man. Something tightened in his stomach by the boy's staring.

       Darkness fell in the half hour that followed. The young man felt the
    burden of taking on his new companion. He didn't know what should be
    done with the Indian boy. It had cost him a lot. Robert grimaced.
    Trouble always seemed to follow him. It took his clever mind and luck
    to get himself out of most fixes.

       Robert sighed. He was reminded of his troubles back East. A woman
    was waiting for him there. His parents had arranged a marriage. It
    would have brought wealth and an easy living for them. The problem was
    that he couldn't go through with it. Not with any woman since he didn't
    like those of the opposite sex. His heart had already been taken by a
    cute boy of fifteen.

       The young man looked back at the Indian boy on his horse. He was an
    attractive teen youth. Someone that he had risked his life for. It was
    surprising to Robert that strong feelings had developed for him. A boy
    that he knew almost nothing about.

       "Go here," said the Indian. He pointed towards a small path off the
    road that led into the woods.

       Robert stopped. His horse nickered at his arm and stomped a heavy
    foot over the road. That settled it. They thought the path was a good
    one so the young man turned to follow it.

       The sharp branches from bushes reached out to Robert. His heavy coat
    protected his arms and legs. He led his horse and its passenger only a
    short ways before coming to a clearing. A bubbling stream could be
    heard nearby.

       "Good here!" said the boy. He dropped down from the horse and
    quickly examined the small clearing. Robert unloaded his leather packs
    and a blanket. He felt very tired and sleepy.

       The Indian boy found no recent signs of passage. During his
    scouting, he gathered the largest sticks that he could find. His lower
    back stung him from the whip marks. There would be time later to attend
    his wounds, he promised himself.

       Robert walked to the small stream. He drank from it and was pleased
    by its cool taste. All the water skins were filled from it. He returned
    to their camp site. The boy was getting a fire started. That worried him.

       "Wouldn't it be better to forego the campfire?" he asked.

       The Indian boy only smiled. He dropped twigs over the small flame
    that he had coaxed forth. Larger sticks were placed on top when the
    fire grew.

       The boy faced the white man and explained it. "This is land of the
    Shoshone. Aya-wen lived here. A fire good. No?"

       Robert shrugged his shoulders. He clearly didn't know these parts
    but accepted what the Indian boy had said. The growing fire was nice to
    watch. Its light spilled over the youth and revealed much to the young
    man's eyes.

       Hunger rumbled in his stomach. The young man fetched a small pouch
    from his horse and greedily ate a strip of jerky. He offered some to
    the Indian boy.

       "Oka!" the youth answered. He chewed the jerky with obvious hunger.
    The white man kept looking at him with strange eyes.

       "Aya-wen," said the Indian while pointing at himself.

       The young man was startled from his thoughts. He replied, "Robert...
    I am Robert McLinn."

       "Oka Robert to have me!"

       The young man smiled. He watched the youth drop all the remaining
    sticks over the flames. His dark skin glowed in the dancing fire light.
    It gave the boy a sensual appearance. Robert was attracted to his body.
    Even with the breechclout on, he could see much of the Indian's nakedness.

       There were some angry colored lines over the boy's lower back.
    Robert was filled with anger for that bearded trader. He wondered if it
    wouldn't have been better to have shot that vile man than to waste the
    twenty dollar gold piece on him.

       The young man cooled down. He looked over the boy's back and figured
    that those whip marks would be paining him. There was no medical kit in
    his bags. He remembered what his mother had done for him as a boy when
    he had burned his hand on the stove. Robert searched for his pouch of
    cooking lard.

       The Indian watched him. Robert found what he was looking for and
    slowly approached the boy. He opened the pouch and drew out some lard.
    This he showed to the youth.

       "Let me spread some of this over your back," he explained.

       Aya-wen nodded. He turned his stinging back to the man and waited. A
    coolness was felt when the lard touched his wounds. It was the first
    kind act that any white man had ever shown him. He began to like Robert
    the more for it.

       The young man tended to all of the boy's whip marks. He counted six
    lashes over his lower back. One line went into the Indian's rear flap.
    His greased fingers tried following it down.

       "Good!" said the boy. He pulled the deerskin cloth from the back of
    himself and tightly clutched it. The man's gentle hand rubbed over his
    bottom for more than to ease its hurt. A tense excitement seemed to
    fill the air between them.

       Aya-wen grinned to himself. His glance back at the white man's
    pants had shown him the tight bulge within. It wasn't unlike a
    warrior's proud display when his front flap lifted from sexual
    excitement. The boy wondered if he could get this white man into him.

       Robert stared at the dark humps his hungry hands had a hold of. He
    heard the boy's soft moans. It didn't seem real to him. 'How could a man
    lust for a boy and have it welcomed?' he wondered. His dick hardened in
    his pants and begged to be dealt with.

       The Indian reached down for Robert's pouch. He drew some of the lard
    into his left hand. This he brought to the front of himself. His other
    hand pulled away the remaining deerskin cloth from his body. He stood
    naked in the fire light.

       A rubbing sound followed. Robert was startled by the Indian's
    boldness. It was a common enough thing done by boys but not in front
    of others. He stared at the youth's ass which humped in and out.

       "Down!" the boy asked when turning to Robert and pointing at his
    pants.

       The young man looked down at himself. He could easily see his
    erection making a tight bulge in his pants. The Indian boy wanted to
    see it. He glanced at the youth's handling. What he saw surprised him.

       The boy's dick was very thick. There was a skin around it that he
    pulled over in his quick hand. A bush of dark hairs grew from the
    youth's groin. A boldness seemed to take hold of Robert. He undid the
    buttons to his pants and pulled them down. His long dick stood up
    against his belly.

       The Indian looked at it and grinned. He turned away to pull over
    himself like before. Robert was disappointed. He had wanted them to
    face each other when doing it.

       The boy's ass drew the young man's attention. It was sticking out to
    him in a very attractive manner. He felt over it with one hand while
    attending to the needs of his hard dick in the other. The youth moaned
    from his caresses.

       The boy brought a greased hand back to himself. He stuck a finger
    deep through the crack of his butt. After a few pokes, the youth
    stepped back into Robert's handling. His quick hand took hold of the
    man's long dick and pointed it into his butt.

       Robert was transfixed. He felt his erection in the boy's greasy hand
    being stuck into the butthole. Its penetration was a startling thing. A
    slimy tightness swallowed him up. The warmth of the Indian's body
    surrounded his dick after it was inside. 'They were connected?'

       Aya-wen gasped. He felt the power of his companion's big dick up his
    butthole. To coax its thrusts, the boy humped his butt over the man's
    hairy groin. He could feel the fleshy spear moving in him. A low moan
    answered his clever trick.

       Robert reached out to take hold of the Indian boy's hips. The
    stabbing motion he began through the youth's butthole seemed natural.
    It surprised him since he had never had sex with anyone before, not
    even with a woman. The thrills were building up in his dick.

       Aya-wen stopped pulling over his thick skin. The feel of a man's
    motion through his hole was very good. It would have caused him to come
    out. He spread his legs and bent over more to Robert's deeper thrusts.
    It wouldn't be long before his body took in seed.

       The boy noticed that their fire was dying down. More wood would
    have to be fetched. That was a task the Cheyenne had often given him.
    He had served them well, especially the unmarried braves. They were
    often poking into his butt for a relief to their manly lust. Aya-wen
    enjoyed male copulation.

       Robert felt that his body was on fire. He pulled his shirt off. Both
    of his hands reached around for the boy's belly and locked there. His
    chest pressed against the youth's back. The warmth of their struggling
    bodies was exciting. He moaned in the boy's ear and wondered, 'is this
    love?'

       Aya-wen felt the man's weight over him. There was some pain from his
    whip marks when their bodies rubbed. He tried ignoring it. The white
    man was making for a good lover. He took a long time at it and held him
    close with much feeling. A similar feeling arose in his own heart.

       The young man closed his eyes. He couldn't believe the savage act
    that he was performing. His dick eagerly raped a boy's asshole. His
    deeper stabs couldn't get enough of it! There was a tightness felt in
    his stomach. A tingling went through his dick and exploded in
    tremendous thrills for him. He felt the strong flow of his sperm going
    into the boy.

       A sly grin came to Aya-wen's face. He heard the white man's cries of
    joy. More exciting was the throbbing the boy felt from the man's dick
    squirting into him. Their bodies were tightly connected and mated. That
    made the boy very happy.

       Robert slowed his male stabs. All of his seed had been given. He was
    left with a weary feeling and some guilt. The boy in his arms had been
    used for lust's pleasure. It binded him more to the Indian. That was a
    frightening thing.

       The young man pushed on the youth's butt to get his dick out. The
    clinging muscles squeezed his erection with a tickly sensation. A
    squirt of his sperm came out and fell to the boy's feet. Aya-wen turned
    to him. It was difficult to face those dark penetrating eyes.

       The Indian launched himself at the white man. His need was great and
    immediate. The boy's arms reached around the hairy body and held fast.
    He had aimed his aching dick over the man's. A harsh rubbing followed.
    Aya-wen made frantic love to his new companion. He knew that it would
    be a good release.

       Robert was startled by the Indian's attack. His body was being taken
    by the youth for pleasure. He felt the boy's thick dick thrusting against
    his. It was strangely thrilling. He put away his troubling thoughts and
    embraced the youth's need. Their shared warmth felt very good.

       Aya-wen struggled for release. The white man had a wet dick and that
    helped his quick stabs against it. He smiled when feeling Robert's arms
    around him. Their embrace tightened as it should.

       The Indian boy felt sharp pain from the man's arms against his whip
    marks. He reached back for them and pulled Robert's hands down his
    body. The white man seemed eager to hold onto his butt. The youth knew
    how nice it was. Many of the young braves had told him how much
    pleasure they had felt when poking into it for a quick thrill. He was
    filled with this man's seed. His hole ached wonderfully from it.

       Robert kept a tight hold of the Indian's body. There was much
    excitement in the youth. His hands felt the boy's flexing butt from the
    wild stabbing against his spent dick. He was surprised when feeling
    himself harden.

       Aya-wen moaned. He buried his face in the white man's left arm pit.
    Its musky scent attracted him. He felt Robert's mouth over his neck. No
    kisses. The man's facial hair tickled against his sweaty skin.

       A loud pop startled Robert. He gently pushed the Indian boy away to
    look around. The fire light revealed nothing. He glanced down at
    himself. No shirt. His pants had fallen down to his ankles. What
    embarrassed him most was the sight of his long dick against his belly.
    A butt stain was on it.

       The Indian saw Robert's fear. He looked around for any spying eyes.
    The fire had ruined his night vision. What showed plainly to the youth
    was the man's body glowing like a pale ghost in the fire light. 'Robert
    had a flat butt,' he noticed.

       A scouter's sense in the Indian warned him to check out the
    clearing. He streaked around the woods in a rush. Sticks were loaded in
    the boy's arms. A sly grin came to his face. His butt ached. It felt
    nice to have coaxed the white man's dick into his hole. He wondered if
    there was much seed in him from it.

       Robert pulled up his pants. He found his shirt on the ground and
    put it on. The Indian boy was fetching wood. He still didn't think that
    a fire was a good idea.

       The rememberance of what they had done returned to the young man. It
    brought a proud smile to his face. His dick had performed the adult act
    of joining with another person's body in making love. He couldn't
    believe that the boy had allowed it. Deep feelings were growing in him
    for that dark skinned youth. Robert began accepting the idea that they
    were becoming companions.

       Aya-wen returned. He dropped a long branch over the flames without
    bothering to break it up. The remaining wood was placed nearby. The
    Indian boy was anxious to complete their love making. His long dick
    ached for its own release.

       The white man was clothed. That disappointed Aya-wen. He watched the
    man spread his sleeping blanket over the ground and lay his rifle next
    to it. Robert gazed in his direction with interesting eyes. The boy
    smiled to himself. He had seen love eyes before.

       Robert found the boy's breechclout and handed it to him. The youth
    shook his head. Two deerskin flaps fell to the ground at their feet.
    His sly smile told the young man his plan.

       "Go down!" the boy asked while pointing to Robert's blanket over the
    ground. His sexual excitement was obvious.

       The young man smiled wearily. He longed to lay over his blanket to
    sleep but felt obligated to the Indian boy's urgent need. His horse
    nickered at him like giggling.

       Aya-wen became playful. He pulled at Robert's shirt as if unknowing
    of how to remove it. His struggles were amusing to the white man who
    laughed in reply.

       Robert gave in. He sat over the woolen blanket and felt his shirt
    pulling over his head. The youth's fingers next worked on the buttons
    to his pants. They were pulled down his legs to his shoes which were
    also removed. The young man sat naked with a wicked-looking Indian boy
    standing over him. A long brown dick pointed at his face.

       "Kiss, no?" Aya-wen asked.

       The young man was startled. He had never thought of anyone taking a
    dick into their mouth. The idea was too strange. He took hold of the
    boy's length instead. The thick skin felt soft when pulling over it. A
    sticky oozing came from its piss hole.

       The youth's dark eyes shined. Robert's strong hand felt good. It
    didn't surprise him that the white man wouldn't suck on his dick. None
    of the young braves or warriors who mounted his ass would. They were
    proud men who weren't expected to give the boy pleasure in exchange for
    their own release.

       Robert looked deeply into the Indian boy's eyes. They were like the
    gathering of storm clouds. Dark and filled with a promise of violence.
    The young man felt his erection standing up against his belly. He knew
    that a sweet release could be coaxed from it once more.

       Aya-wen became frisky. He jumped into the white man's lap with his
    legs wrapping around the man's butt. His thick dick pressed against the
    man's longer size. Quick thrusts followed.

       Robert welcomed the boy's body onto himself. The crush of warmth
    kept off the chill from the night. It was also romantic. He found the
    youth's soft butt and helped guide its flexing motion. Between their
    bellies, two horny dicks stabbed like sword play. The young man felt
    pain from their dry rubbing.

       With some spit in hand, Robert was able to make his dick slippery.
    The oozing tip of Aya-wen's cock was felt against his fingers. He
    gathered its sticky release and brought it back to his mouth when
    feigning to spit. The young man tasted it. He was excited to have
    secretly eaten of the boy's flow.

       Robert resumed his hold of the Indian's wiggly ass. Theirs became a
    male's struggle for a release to aching loins. 'Who would shoot first?'
    he wondered. 'The boy most likely. He had already cummed this evening so
    their race was uneven.'

       He listened to Aya-wen's breaths to judge when the youth would
    explode. The man wanted to see the boy's squirts. He had already tasted
    youthful oozing. Making love was new to him and he wanted to make the
    most of their time together. It didn't seem that their new companionship
    would last...

       Dark thoughts strangled Robert's heart. He recalled the trouble
    that he had gotten himself into back in Boston. That arranged marriage
    had been done to cover a scandal than for money. Love letters of his to
    a boy had been discovered by his parents. They feared gossip or even
    black mail.

       To deflect the situation, Robert's parents had found a nice girl
    (with money!) and rushed the marriage through. With that boy lost to
    him, the young man ran away instead. It was his wedding money that had
    allowed his escape to the west.

       The Indian boy held breaths in Robert's arms. His eyes closed in
    concentration. A pink tongue stuck out from his mouth like a snake. He
    didn't know why his release was being elusive. 'Was it because of the
    white man's power?' he thought. The boy was a free spirit that felt a
    greater trap from new love than from any whipping by his previous captor.

       Robert smiled at his turn of luck. He was still amazed by his chance
    meeting with this boy, his successful rescue and the consummate joining
    of their male bodies. This youth was showing him much in the ways of
    joyous love making. 'But would it last?'

       The young man noticed his soft kisses to the Indian boy's neck. A
    taste of salt was in his mouth. The lime scent from the youth's skin
    was in his nose. Warmth from their bodies joined from smooth brown skin
    rubbing against his pale hairy skin. A boy's shape fitted into the
    man's loving hold. If Robert didn't think too much about what he was
    doing, the joy from their male act came easier. Love needed no reasoning.

       Aya-wen noticed the white man's kisses to his neck. They scratched
    his skin from the man's unshaven face. Yet the feeling of them was joyous
    like the sweet loving he had once spied on from a warrior to his newly
    purchased wife. Robert was unlike any man he had ever been with before.
    No fear of male identity. Pleasures were embraced as equal companions.

       A warning tingle rose from the youth's balls. His heated flesh made
    a last desperate struggle to deliver its wet love to the body of a
    loving man. Aya-wen's legs were savage over the pale butt. He smashed
    his erupting penis against the longer spear in a blow to defeat him.
    Victory flowed.

       A loud cry startled Robert. The Indian's dark eyes bore into him
    with a savageness that was frightening. A liquid warmth ran down his
    stomach. The man's eyes widened from where he knew that had come. He
    had missed the chance to see it.

       "Come out!" Aya-wen shouted. He wanted the white man's loins to
    flow as his was to their bellies. Having their seed join as one would
    complete their male rite. A sacred bonding like that of blood brothers.

       Robert understood what the Indian had asked of him. He was
    tremendously excited to feel the boy's release. It splashed over their
    dicks and made for a slippery rubbing. The young man growled like a
    bear in his rush to it. His breaths held. Eyes tightly closed.

       A vision swept through the young man. He saw Trevor giving him a
    sweet smile of love's acceptance. His heartful letters to that
    fifteen-year-old boy had been answered!

       A sharp twist pierced the young man's heart. It came from
    bright-singing emotion than from flesh given thrills coming at his
    dick's release. A warmth filled his chest. Robert opened his eyes to
    see Trevor smiling back at him. The boy's skin darkened from the night...

       Aya-wen grinned. He felt the white man's silent release to their
    bellies. No outcry as expected. It gushed like a mortal wound given him
    from a warrior's tomahawk blow.

       The Indian boy was very pleased. He knew that their seed was becoming
    one between their bellies. The rite of male love was completed. It had
    made them true companions. 'Would the white man feel that powerful
    bonding?' Aya-wen hoped. He gazed into the man's eyes for a sign.

       There was a strange expression on Robert's face. His limbs loosened
    from around the boy's body. It was the open, unseeing eyes from him
    that concerned Aya-wen. 'Had he seen a ghost?'

       A white bearded man rose from behind Robert. Aya-wen cried out in
    fright. The Indian managed to pull himself out of his lover's embrace.
    He stood up next to the fire. A long stick was found by the boy's hand
    to challenge the trader. Robert remained seated over his blanket like
    an uncaring stone.

       "He's dead," explained the trader. His hand pulled out a bloodied
    dagger from Robert's back. A coiled whip was in the man's left hand,
    readying to strike out.

       A terrible power filled Aya-wen. Inspite of his feeble, naked
    appearance, he rushed at the armed white man and struck out with all
    his might. A sickening crack came from his stick when it broke. Or was
    it the trader's head? He felt a burning line over his left arm and
    chest. Silence. No more whip cracks.

       The Indian boy found two lifeless bodies. Anguish filled his heart.
    He shed bitter tears over only one of them.

       Morning brought another day for Aya-wen. A free one. He had endured a
    long captivity by the Cheyenne. The white trader's whip had almost
    broken him. Yet his spirit survived.

       There was an aching in the boy's heart. New love had been lost.  He
    held Robert's horse close while they walked deeper into Shoshone Lands.
    The boy would find happiness and healing with his People. He knew that
    love could be won again.

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