After the Fall (The Narrow Gate Book 1) by Worth Janean

Author:Worth, Janean [Worth, Janean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Author's Art
Published: 2015-04-16T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

When the first rays of sunshine speared through the trees, Kara gratefully climbed down from her perch in the massive tree. The climb down was not nearly as hard as the climb up had been, and she reached the bottom in short order.

The ground at the base of the tree was littered with the remnants of both of the meals that had taken place there only hours before, and Kara carefully skirted the blood and gore, being careful not to step on any of it. Just the thought of doing so made her shudder. When she saw the bits of bright rust-colored fur, she averted her eyes and tried not to relive the horror of the creature’s death.

As she passed by the giant oak with the hole in the trunk, she heard a soft mewling sound. Curiosity warred with caution, and she stopped and stood near the tree, indecisive. She should move on. Although the piteous mewling from inside the tree indicated a creature in need of help, she could not be sure that the creature was as harmless as it sounded.

A second mewling cry came from the hole, and pity helped her decide. She stepped nearer to the hole and crouched down, carefully peering inside.

A tiny orange kit lay deep inside, looking up at her trustingly from soft brown eyes. Kara’s heart squeezed with pity again. The poor creature had lost its mother last night. How would it ever survive?

The kit climbed to its feet, tottering closer to her on unsteady paws.

She knew how the poor thing felt. Since she’d lost her own mother, she felt completely off-balance and alone in the world. Looking at the poor animal, she immediately felt a kinship with it.

The young fox climbed nearly out of the hole in the tree, it’s dainty black nose sniffing at her as she crouched silently before it. As it crept closer, delicate nose twitching as it caught her scent, Kara decided that she would do all that she could to help it survive.

She let the kit creep closer, and crouched silently as it sniffed her cautiously. When it became brave enough to touch her with its damp nose, she slowly put out a hand and lightly stroked the soft fur along the animal’s flank.

The fox twitched at the contact, but it did not back away. In fact, it came closer.

Kara moved her hand closer to the kit’s face, and when the animal did not balk, she gently rubbed its tiny face. The fox appeared to enjoy the attention.

In an effort to let the kit get to know her scent, Kara crouched before the tree for the next several minutes, wasting precious time that she could have been searching for water. When she felt that she could wait no longer, she careful reached out to pick the animal up, surprised when the kit did not resist or attempt to bite her.

Kara felt a smile soften her lips for the first time in days. The fox’s slight weight

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