Chapter 26The two troopers flanking Gideon disarmed Matthew. He put up no resistance, but had he done so, I’d have battled right alongside of him. But to what end? There were twenty soldiers, at least.
“Who identified him by that name?” I asked.
“All I was told was to apprehend him and bring him back to the fort.”
Crow rode in from the south to join us. He apparently hadn’t known the patrol’s mission, but he’d heard enough of the conversation to grasp what was going on. “Lieutenant, maybe it ain’t my place to speak, but I know this man since he was a fry. He was living right at the Mead all the time I was there.”
“Thank you for your information, but that doesn’t alter my mission.”
At Gideon’s instructions, one trooper shackled Matthew’s arms behind him while another grasped Wind’s rei
