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Updated: May 10, 2025
He stood at the edge of the gorge, looked up at her, then descended the steep half-path of stone and was swallowed up in shadow. Her mind returned fully to the present. They had moved to the smaller enclosure as soon as Akar was able, expecting to be there only a short time; but the Mantis had not returned.
If you allow me, I could turn our shared need into shared help. 'Go on. 'I have learned in my youth to make a sound like the flutter of your mighty wings. And Akar could descend daily to the grasslands in plain sight, as if your messenger to the wolf packs below.
He was deeply puzzled by the presence of a lone cave-dweller, and even more so when he discovered it was the same creature who had saved his life only hours before. For Akar, unlike his primitive ancestors, was a being capable of rational thought. And though resembling in appearance the gray wolves of northern Canada, that was where the similarity ended.
Akar returned at nightfall and she spent the night beside him, crying softly, and loving more than ever the friend she feared to lose. He did not resist her. Kalus slept alone, vowing again and again his devotion, fearing to hear himself speak. The next morning Akar rose early, and in the darkness of first morning, stood above the sleeping form of his mistress.
She turned away, drawn to him as on a chain, yet afraid. Why did he move her so? 'I didn't want to lose Akar, either. Sometimes if you love someone, you have to let them go. Now it was she who was unconvincing. And all at once, he wanted her. Kalus rose, all his sorrows and reawakened desires now focused with total singularity upon the object, the living being of his love.
'He means a lot to you, doesn't he? 'Yes. Perhaps even more than Akar did to you. She sat beside him. 'How do you mean? 'In him I see myself, and I can love..... It's not his fault that he's helpless now. He's only trying to survive, friendless and lost. 'But you're not friendless. 'I know. She saw that he wrestled with strong emotions, and said no more.
I went into the back and found the hunting knife. I was so determined and angry that for about thirty seconds I forgot to be afraid. It was a wonderful, defiant feeling. 'Yes. 'Unfortunately it didn't last. I walked back into the front to find a big, gaunt wolf staring me down, bristling and snarling. It was Akar, but he didn't look at all the way he does now.
And for all their snarling threats and lunges, his guard could not keep the others from pushing past and up the curving stone trench that led into the meeting place. One female joined them there as well. Akar fought valiantly, summoning all the courage born of despair, and all the strength and guile he could muster.
I love you, my father, you are stronger than I. Do not be ashamed. And Barabbas no longer felt old and foolish, and as he turned to face the others, felt no shame. They stood silent, as the wolves stood silent, and Kalus knelt beside him friend, forgetting his own injuries. Akar tried to raise himself off the damaged shoulder but could not. He slid down in anguish.
Better to let the dam burst on its own. 'Well, can we talk about something else? 'If you like. He mastered himself, became calm. 'You never told me about the wolves: why Kamela was so bitter, and why Akar left the cub behind. Here, he thought, was a chance to escape his own feelings. 'It's a long story, he began, 'And many parts I don't know for certain.
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