Present day…
It wasn't until the afternoon of the initiation that Tigerlily really started to worry about James. It had been three days and he still hadn't come back to the village. Technically, he wasn't needed for the initiation until the next day, when Peter returned and James received him and ate the meal. But Tigerlily didn't like the prolonged absence. It was cutting things a bit too close for comfort.
She went back and forth all day about whether she should go to James' ship and ask him to come back to the village. Part of her wanted him to be there in case Peter had any last qualms—she knew how much he looked up to James, how much James could ease his nerves. But part of her was too stubborn to chase after her husband when he was so stubbornly refusing to come home.
Two can play
