.. I knew her father could never find out about this as she would be disgraced in his eyes and that was something I knew she would never let happen!We...drove in silence back to her home there were no fond goodbyes no kiss goodnight I had been robbed of my glory as Patricia had been robbed of her virginity I should have been strong for her I should have talked her out of it...I should have got up and with guns blazing killed those rotten bastards I could hear them already bragging about how they. Brenda and I opened up with the Armalite's as fast as they would fire and Two-Feather was firing as fast as he could bolt his rifle. The bear decided that it was best to leave and come back another day when there were not so many of us! Two-Feather, Ben and I watched as the bear crossed over the far ridge. I knew he would be back.After all that gunfire Two-Feather and I only found a few drops of blood. We guessed it was from the 7mm he had been firing. We both knew that this bear was going to. The truck was an old square nosed Ford from the seventies that used on the farm and as his daily driver. “Good to see you Tom”, he grinned as he put it into gear and we pulled away from the curb. We caught up on how the family is doing and about school as he drove through the New England countryside. I always found it to be pretty neat being up in Connecticut as it was so different from my home in Florida. For one, there were hills, which was something that I never see back home, and the trees. Although the Rom, as they called themselves, were very clannish and kept track of each family's history back to the golden days of the Roman Empire, inter-tribal marriage amongst other peoples was strongly encouraged. They believed it made them more vital as a people.Suddenly jerked fully alert, Katrina sensed something was happening. Leaving her warm blanket behind, she gathered up her bow and arrow and crawled through to the back of the wagon. Her movement alerted Gyorgy to be more observant.