Book:    Comanche Moon
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How about naming a boy after his papa and his uncle Warrior?" Rachel asked. "Chase Kelly. Chase means hunter, Kelly means warrior."
Loretta lowered her sewing to her lap, her gaze dreamy. "Chase Kelly--Chase Kelly. It has a nice ring, doesn't it?"
"Be nicer with a proper surname," Rachel commented.
"Wolf!" Amy cried. "That's as close to a last name for Hunter as you'll get."
"Chase Kelly Wolf." Loretta rolled the name off her tongue a few times, warming to it. "I like it. What do you think, Aunt Rachel? Wolf as a surname isn't too strange, is it?"
"Sounds like a wonderful name to me. And if Hunter comes back someday, he can't complain too much. Hunter Warrior is a sight better than Leaky Drawers."
"Running Water," Loretta corrected.
"Whatever." Rachel smiled. "For a girl, how about Nicole? It means a girl who's victorious for her people."
"Oh, I like that," Loretta whispered. "Hunter would that."
Rachel smiled. "Nicole Wolf. If she has her daddy's eyes, Indigo would go perfect with it. Nicole Indigo Wolf."
"Doesn't sound right," Amy argued. "Indigo Nicole Wolf! That, I like."
"Indigo Nicole." Tears burned behind Loretta's eyelids. A girl victorious for her people. "Yes, that's beautiful, for both worlds.

( Catherine Anderson )
[ Comanche Moon ]
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