It's a sunny spring day. Alice looks at her surroundings, sitting in the wagon. The landscape is beautiful at this time of the year, with the prairie full of flowers, and the weather is pleasantly warm. She is wearing a pale pink dress and her hair is gathered in a knot in the frontier women's style.

Sitting next to her is Uncas, her husband. He is taking the reins of the horses and for a brief moment their eyes meet and he smiles to her. Alice returns the smile as she holds tighter their little daughter, sitting on her knees.

She is three years old and the vivid image of her father, with black hair and coppery skin. However, she has her mother's eyes. She is wearing a beautiful dress that Alice has sewn and she is holding her favorite doll, which she takes everywhere. They called her Susan, as the little girl of Cameron's family. It was Uncas's way to honour their memory. Their daughter is as energetic and curious as Cameron's child but also quiet and shy as her parents when strangers are around.

They are living in a cabin in the woods, property of Uncas's father. It's quite close to a town where they go everytime they need to buy supplies. Though Alice didn't care where they lived, as long as they remained together, Uncas proposed that the best option was living in the cabin, instead of the Delaware camp. He thought that living near a settlement would be easier for Alice, because this way, the change from her previous life in England wouldn't be so drastic. On the contrary, Nathaniel and Cora, along with their son Edmund, had preferred to stay in the indian camp with Chingachgook.

However, Uncas hadn't expected so much hostility from the local people. Though marriage between the two races were not approved among white people, he was not the first indian who lived with a white woman and he thought people there would be more indifferent with that. But in that place most people look down on them and even sometimes they were treated disrespectfully. Today they are going to the village to buy some supplies and he hopes they can avoid any uncomfortable situation, at least in front of their daughter.

Alice is worried too. Everytime they visit the town, they have to endure the disapproval stares and whispering of the neighbours. Sometimes, they even insult both of them, thought fortunately, they leave their daughter alone.

When they reach the village, Uncas get off the wagon and helps Alice and the child down.

"Papa look!" Susan exclaims pointing to the window of a shop. There are several toys and one of them is a horse made of wood. Susan have been asking her parents to buy it since the last time they came to the village.

"Well...I think you have been a very obedient girl for a long time" Uncas says picking her up "I think you deserve a reward"

Susan embraces her father giggling happily.

"Oh Uncas you spoil her" Alice exclaims pretending to be upset, though in fact, she loves how he does his best to make Susan happy.

Uncas kisses her cheek, knowing she is not really angry, and all of them get into the shop.

The owner is an old man who is placing some toys on the shelves.

"Good morning" Uncas says in a gentle tone "We would like to buy..."

"I don't want indians in my shop" the owner cuts him off roughly, with a disgusting look.

"Sir, I don't want problems. I only want to buy the horse which is on the window" Uncas tries to keep the amicable tone "It's for my daughter"

The man looks at Susan who is in Uncas's arms.

"A daughter out of christian marriage" then the owner looks at Alice in a despicable way "with a white mother who is able to marry such a scum"

Hearing that, Alice can't restrain herself anymore.

"It's enough! You have no right to insult my husband and treat him with such bad manners. He is a respectable man who is being really polite with you"

"Shut up woman! If you don't leave my shop now I will inform the officers"

"Come on Alice" she is not willing to leave the shop but Uncas, knowing that if the officers come there will be problems for sure, grabs her arm dragging her outside.

"Oh I should have slap him for what he said to you" Alice says in a fierce tone when they are back in the street.

"Calm down. I'm used to this" Uncas holds her by the waist.

"That man was so angry" Susan is unable to understand what have happenned in the shop "and my horse?"

Alice pats her hair sweetly "Don't worry, honey. Papa can make you a horse better than that one"

She looks at her husband and they smile to each other.

Next stop is Sarah's shop. Sarah is one of the few neighbours who is kind to them. She is a middle-aged widow who is the owner of the most famous shop in the town. They always go there to buy supplies.

"Good morning! It has been a long time since the last time you came to the village" Sarah exclaims happily, as soon as she sees them.

"We have been very busy" Alice says "I promise we'll try to come more often"

"The neighbours have been bothering you, right? Sarah suspects what is the real reason why they have been avoiding the place.

"No more than usual" Uncas says looking at the tender woman. She doesn't understand why people are so cruel with this couple. After all, they are really polite with everyone and it's obvious that they love each other.

"Susan you have grown since the last time I saw you!" she exclaims picking one of her pies and giving it to the little girl.

"Sarah you always gives her pies for free. Let us pay it for once" Uncas says feeling guilty for the woman's generosity.

"Oh nonsense!, I always have pies ready for all the children who come here" Sarah says smiling at the child.

Suddenly, the door opens and all of them turn around.

"Look who is here. The savage and his lover"

There are two men at the door. They are known in the village for their bad manners and their need to get into trouble, especially when they get drunk. They are of the same age of Uncas and they disturb the couple everytime they cross paths with them.

Alice shivers holding Susan behind her. Oh no, why them again?

Author's note: I have the idea of this story since I was finishing "I won't let you die", but I haven't had time to sit down and write until now. I feel quite inspired so I'll try to update regularly, thought sometimes is difficult to find the moment.

I wanted to do something different, so I though it would be a good idea to explore the problems and prejudices Alice and Uncas would have faced as an interracial couple. I have to warn you that this story will be more dramatic and not so sweet as my previous ones, so don't get mad at me if I make you suffer a bit ;)

Thank you for reading it and I hope you enjoy it!