Shepherd's Song by Moore S. Dionne

Author:Moore, S. Dionne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

nineteen

Renee recognized that Tyler was in the grips of something powerful. Though she wanted to know what happened next, she stopped pushing. He would tell her in his own time.

“Anna entered the store then. She had no idea what was going on, or that Dirk had a gun on everyone.”

Tyler struggled to continue, his Adam’s apple bobbing hard. “She saw Dirk first, then the gun, and then her eyes went to me. Dirk, too, stared at me. And then. . .” He blew out his breath, long and slow. “And then he gave me a little grin and I knew. . . .” She watched him struggle to keep his emotions in check and placed her hand along his arm. “Anna ran toward me, her face full of terror, and I saw Dirk level the gun. . . .”

Though Tyler’s eyes remained dry, his face appeared haggard. Renee could see the pulsing of his heart in his neck and noticed the wetness in his eyes before he dug his fingers into them to clear the moisture.

In the silence of night, wisps of cool fog seeped toward them. She didn’t like fog; it always seemed to rob the day of something. She sat in miserable silence, wishing she could ease the burden of his hurt. His grief mingled with hers in a silent twist, much like the shifting, burgeoning clouds of the rolling fog. She shivered as the fingers of the mist roiled and shifted, swirling around her body and laying a coat of silver across their shoulders.

“Tyler?”

He finally shifted and rose to his feet. Using the long branch, he stoked the fire to a blaze. “Stay close to camp. It will burn off by mid-morning.” He cast her a sideways glance. “Be glad we’re just on the west side of the mountain now. If we were on the east, it could stay for days.”

She couldn’t fathom paddling around in fog for days, and even the idea of having to do so made her scalp prickle with fear. “What about the sheep?”

“I’ll take Teddy out and we’ll make sure they’re not straying. The dampness will make them miserable but it’ll limit their movement somewhat.”

She didn’t know why a damp fog would bother a sheep, but she did know she sure hated it. Worry that Tyler might get lost niggled at her mind, but she kept her silence. He’d seen these things before; that much was obvious to her. She had no doubt he knew exactly what to do and when to do it. Still, when he disappeared into the thick fog, her insides squeezed in an agony of fear. With nothing left to do, she lay down on the ground and closed her eyes, replaying the story of his past. Her heart ached for Tyler’s pain.

Deep breaths eased her, and she noted, too, a freshness in the air that hadn’t been there before, or maybe she hadn’t noticed. She likened it to the scent of mountain mahogany, or the air scrubbed clean after a heavy rain, or.

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