Ascended by Debra Ann Miller

Author:Debra Ann Miller [Miller, Debra Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781481932974
Amazon: 1481932977
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Return of the Songbird

“Come on, Vie, let’s get you home,” Carter said, taking her hand to lead the way.

Vie was amazed at how wonderfully comforting it felt to hear Carter say the word ‘home.’ She thought about it for a minute and was moved by its simplicity…where we love is home. Vie’s love was now and would always be with Carter Stone. She was happy to finally be where she belonged.

Her contentment in the moment, however, was overshadowed by the realization of what she had done to Gabriel. She knew it was only a matter of time before he would discover she was gone and would come looking for her. Vie felt horrible for leaving the way she did, but she felt compelled to finish what she’d started: her mission with her sister.

“Where’s your gear?” Vie asked him.

“Don’t have any.”

“Then how are we going to get down? Fly?” she asked, hopeful that Carter may have gotten his wings.

“Not exactly,” he replied, somewhat evasive.

“Then how?” she said perplexed.

Carter took Vie by the hand and walked her to the other side of the Tower. To Vie’s surprise, there sat a massive brown grizzly bear, lying under a ridge of rimrock protruding over the top of the Tower.

The bear looked up at Vie with gentle eyes. There seemed to be some recognition between the two of them, and Carter was perplexed by it, but he approached the bear, ready to mount. Without warning, the bear rose on its hind legs, growling ferociously at him. He fell back, startled by the bear’s quick and very unexpected actions.

Vie, on the other hand, was not at all frightened by the sudden movement of the bear; in fact, her reaction was quite the opposite. When it had stood, she saw a very distinctive marking: a large mass of white fur on the bear’s belly that she remembered well. This was the same bear she’d saved from being shot by the poachers that day at the ranch. It nuzzled up to Vie, lovingly rubbing its furry head against her leg.

“Boy,” Carter said, “he didn’t take to me so quickly.”

“That’s because HE is a SHE and we girls have to stick together,” Vie said with a smile while scratching the top of the bear’s head.

“Okay, Pocahontas, tell your new friend we need to go. And see if he—I mean she—would be willing to get us down from here,” Carter said, smirking at the two of them cuddling up together.

“Well, I’ll ask her, but first she needs a name. Hmmm, what should we call you?” Vie said, pondering with a finger on her chin.

“How about Grumpy Bear?” he replied, laughing.

The bear looked at Carter and growled fiercely again.

“I guess she doesn’t like that name,” he said, backing away.

Vie just gave Carter a look of disapproval. “Now is that any way to thank her for assisting you, Carter? And how on earth did the two of you manage to join forces?” Vie wondered, noticing the not-so-cohesive relationship between them.

“Not sure, really, Carter thought about it for a moment.

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