The development of the vast expanses now called the Midwest is a sad chapter in US history. After all, those lands were not deserted and ownerless. From time immemorial they were inhabited and considered theirs by the Indians. Nature gave these people skin of a different color, but the blood spilling from their wounds was the same scarlet as that of the whites... And then one fine day, the eyes of Briana Beaudine met the eyes of Shunkah Luth - the Red Wolf. She is an orphan, serves and works as a farmhand on a ranch for childless relatives. He is a prisoner sent to build a road. She is 17, he is 30 years old. Her hair is lush and golden, like the sun. His hair is straight and black as night. But a magical spark shot through the space between two hot hearts that were striving for freedom - and such exciting events began!..