Chapter 76
Troubled and uncertain, he deliberately turned his attention to gathering the things he wanted to take with him. Those of his brothers in the Wolf and Bear clans that were still around the campsite assured him the belongings of the captured warriors were forfeit--his to dispose of as he saw fit. Zeb touched his arm as Miles passed near the tall pine tree against which Zeb leaned comfortably. Miles hadn't started any of those fights, he remarked. An' a body had a right to defend hisself when someone come at 'im. Just stood to reason, he said. Time was, Miles would 'a been thought of as bein' a little slow to defend hisself ... and a mite careless, Zeb ended. Shrugging off the questions he had about himself, Miles appropriated one of the camouflaged Marine backpacks and burned his old yell
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