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Updated: September 10, 2025
The two fanned out fifteen yards to either side, then doubled back upon their own path. It was not his scent they had found. They snarled and tore the ground with their feet, waiting to advance. For the scent of the true wolf they recognized, and hated. Only Shar-hai looked about him, sensing, but not seeing, something else. He too was aware of Akar.
Avatar patiently eluded the mock biting, and pushed her away with softened claws. Like Akar before him, he too found it hard to leave them, and still harder to expression the affection and gratitude he felt. Retrieving the cub, Kalus knelt directly in front of him and gently, cautiously stroked the great head. 'Don't worry, he said. 'I understand your silence better than many who can speak.
The tiger needs meat, and he must take it from me. Again, though she did not understand, she knew that deep currents were at work in him. A short time later Akar did return, carrying in his mouth some kind of field-bird. The pup, upon waking, jumped down from the woman's bed and approached him, her tail wagging in eager solicitation.
Beware the dark masters who walk erect, with the eyes that burn of a world that will never be..... And he had raised his head in spite of himself, alone in the night, and howled his anguish to the wind. But here, now, there was Akar to deal with. It all seemed so pointless. For try as he might, he could not make his hatred flare against him as it had against Shaezar. They were much alike.
And she remembered that this was in fact a wolf, and not a dog. 'When you come back, will you tell me why Akar didn't take her with him? If you know. I have an idea, but I'd like to know what you think. 'When I return, I will be glad to speak of it. He became suddenly shy. 'And to be with you. He went to the door, called to the cub, and went out. Sylviana closed the door behind them.
His friend needed the companionship of her own kind, and he had made a pact of mutual protection, however tentative, with the man-child. And Akar was a creature of his word. As morning yielded gradually first to early, then to late afternoon, the three had still seen or heard nothing of the mantis.
Don't you even care about the pup? Again he shook his head, and said in a hoarse voice. 'Too dangerous. 'Damn, she said. 'Damn it all. True, bitter frustration had caught her at last, a destructive anger which found no release. She stood up and paced wildly around the room. He knew what she was feeling, and it troubled him. 'Where is Akar? he asked.
But soon he knew that this growling bitter hatred that was the fire beneath living creatures and which he was feeling only now, was second Nature to Shar-hai, and what he would be feeling very soon now that he was cut and in the midst of insurrection. And it was true. Perhaps only seven minutes had passed before Akar had nothing left and his foe was still strong. So hideously strong.
Bowing her head between clutching arms like a frightened child, she wept bitterly. But the tears brought no relief, only deeper anguish and despair. Seeing her distress the two stopped circling. Akar went to try and comfort her, while Kalus moved indifferently to a protected corner to gut and skin the carcass.
He was not asleep, nor had been for some time. But he played the part assigned to him, feigning ignorance of what had stirred him to the root. 'Akar has to leave, she said quietly. 'He wanted to say goodbye. Kalus stepped out from the low shelter and went to bid farewell to his friend. He went down on one knee before him, and looked into his eyes. There was no need for words between them.
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