When Alice caught her first glimpse of Nathaniel, doggedly walking through the gauntlet of the Huron camp towards them, her heart raced as she eagerly searched for Uncas behind him. Confusion at not seeing him slowly turned to horror as the realization came that he and his father were dead, the price paid for taking on the protection of two lost Yengeese girls. "I know you would come for me," was the anguished whisper from the ruin of her heart, for she knew that he would never willingly abandon her to this fate.
Mohican men always come for their women.
Alice paid little heed to where Magua's men were taking her. The devastation inside her simply left her with no room to care. She was lost, bereft without him. When Uncas appeared, fighting his way to her, the quick blaze of incandescent joy at seeing him alive slowly turned to horror as Magua oh, so casually, shed his blood. "Why did you come for me?" was the anguished cry from the new ruin of her heart, though she knew that he would never willingly abandon her to this fate.
For Mohican men always come for their women.
