Michelle Paver_Chronicles of Ancient Darkness_01 by Wolf Brother

Author:Wolf Brother
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Prehistory, Animals, Children's Stories, Action & Adventure, Wolves & Coyotes, Juvenile Fiction, Prehistoric Peoples, General, Bears, Historical, Wolves
ISBN: 9781417733989
Publisher: San Val
Published: 2004-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

Wolf left the Den and loped up to the ridge above the valley to catch the smell on the wind: a powerful smell of rotten prey like a very old kill - except that it moved.

As he ran, Wolf felt with joy how his pads were toughening, his limbs getting stronger with every Dark that passed. He loved to run, and he wished that Tall Tailless did too. But at times his pack-brother could be terribly slow.

As Wolf neared the ridge, he heard the roar of the Thundering Wet, and the sound of a hare feeding in the next valley. Overhead, he saw the Bright White Eye with her or many little cubs. It was all as it should be. Except for that smell.

At the top of the ridge he lifted his muzzle to catch the scent-laden winds, and again he caught it: quite close, and coming closer. Racing back into the valley, he soon found it: the strange, shuffling thing that smelt so rotten.

He got near enough to observe it clearly in the dark, although he was careful not to let it know that he was near. To his surprise he found that it was not an old kill after all.

It had breath and claws, and it moved in an odd shambling walk, growling to itself while the spit trailed from its muzzle.

What puzzled Wolf most was that he couldn’t catch what it was feeling. Its mind seemed broken; scattered like old bones. Wolf had never sensed such a thing before.

He watched it make its way up the slope towards the Den where the tailless were sleeping. It prowled closer…

Just as Wolf was about to attack, it shook itself and shambled away. But through the tangle of its broke thoughts, Wolf sensed that it would be back.

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