As Matt reached Scarlet, Efptoha moved back from her. Efptoha had that herd of young horses to bring down to the ranch, and that would take him up the mountain for a couple of days. He thoughts moved to what he would need to take. He had noticed that the big cat had been spending more time near the mouth of the canyon. He left the dance and headed back to the bunkhouse. The feeling of dread came back to him about the bunkhouse, so he decided to spend the night in the barn with his horse. At least the horse would let him know if anybody was trying to sneak up on him........