Love in the Wild by Emma Castle

Author:Emma Castle [Castle, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-952063-16-9
Publisher: Emma Castle

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Eden gazed at the vast city of Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. For a few minutes when she’d been on her knees with a gun to her head, she’d thought she’d never see a city again. It felt good to be back in civilization, but there was an emptiness inside her too, a longing for the deep sable jungle—and for Thorne. She pushed thoughts of him away tried to focus on where she was now and moving forward.

When she’d first come to Uganda, she had flown into the city of Entebbe before catching a bus to Mbarara, where she’d stayed at a hotel before traveling to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

Kampala, however, was an urban sprawl, with a mix of ancient and modern art and architecture. This city, as Bwanbale had told her, was the heart of the Bugandan kingdom and was rich with a colorful history.

Bwanbale parked his car in front of the US Embassy and helped Eden collect her gear. Before she headed toward the gate, she turned to the man she now saw as a friend.

“You have my number,” he reminded her. She nodded. Bwanbale and his wife shared a cell phone, and he’d given her the number that morning before they left his village.

“Text me where you will stay so Afiya and I don’t worry.”

“Thank you, Bwanbale, for everything.” She hugged him, and he returned her embrace with a soft, warm laugh. Saying goodbye to him was like saying goodbye to Thorne all over again. Bwanbale knew what lay in her heart, how she had said goodbye to the mysterious Lord of the Jungle and would be forever haunted by losing him. They both shared that unbreakable connection to Thorne. She trembled in Bwanbale’s arms.

“Do not cry, Eden,” he murmured. “Someday you will come back. You will see him again.”

Despite his confident words, Eden heard the note of sorrow in his voice. They both knew she would likely never return. Saying goodbye once was agony. A second time of parting ways would be the end of her heart.

“Why do I miss him so much?” she asked. “I only knew him a few days. That’s crazy, isn’t it?”

Bwanbale smiled. “In many ways, Thorne is the last vessel of the old gods and the people who worshipped them. He is alone, without a family or a place to belong. His heart belongs to the wild, yet it hungers for more. You gave him a glimpse into the life that should have been his, and he will mourn losing you as no other man will.

“But I think, perhaps, there is more to your bond with him than you have told me. Such a bond doesn’t need more than a few days to become real to the both of you. It is right you should grieve being parted from him.”

Bwanbale was right. Some part of her had been left behind, lost forever deep in the heart of the Impenetrable Forest. It belonged to him now, always.

Eden wiped at her eyes and tried to smile.

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