Savage Tempest (30 page)

Three Bears flung himself into High Hawk's arms and hugged him fiercely, then stepped away from him, gave Joylynn an affectionate hug and ran on ahead of them toward the village.

“As I was saying . . . all is well,” High Hawk said, smiling at Joylynn. “All is very well.”

She returned the smile, so content she felt she might burst from happiness. She would not ever
linger on the sadness of her past, only the goodness of today, and the future, which she would always share with the man she adored . . . her Pawnee chieftain husband, High Hawk!