Shockwaves on Bruins' Peak (Bruins' Peak Bears Book 4) by Erin D. Andrews

Author:Erin D. Andrews [D. Andrews, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

The first few nights with Black Feather were quiet. He had to spend a lot of time sleeping to recover from life in the cell, as well as his brush with death. I brought him bugs for protein and even the occasional mouse. He sighed at the minute servings, but ate them all the same. I mistakenly thought we might share each meal, but I’d forgotten just how much food young men could eat, particularly after they had rejoined the land of the living.

I hunted alone those days, thinking of what I was going to do now that Black Feather had come to live in the desert with me. We couldn’t go back to the compound; we were criminals, and we would be subjected to the awful collars or worse. It was also very possible that the shifter community wouldn’t want us. We were dangerous, after all. I wished I could talk to Tina. I realized I had never left her any kind of sign. Perhaps we could see each other once more. She might have some ideas.

I remember how much my heart ached those days. I was thrilled to know Black Feather was out of jail and safe with me, but at the same time, I genuinely had no idea what to do. I would have suggested that we travel to another place, but all I saw on the horizon was more desert, more Nothing. I prayed to the Children every night for guidance, but they had gone silent. So, I kept my prayers in my heart and asked science to show me the way.

After several nights of my sad ambling around in the dirt, Black Feather began to walk with me. To my surprise, he seemed to genuinely enjoy the vast, empty space. He would occasionally walk on his hands to make me laugh, though I was reluctant to do so right away. He almost always tumbled down clumsily into the dirt with a little yelp of surprise, and his clumsiness would be the thing that brought a smile to my face.

“Why don’t you fly, little bird?”

“Because,” he would answer defiantly, “I already fly perfectly. The real challenge is doing this stuff as a human.”

Once, as we were walking and scanning the ground for any tasty bugs, we came to a small patch of shade provided by a cluster of rocks. There, between the stones was a tiny, white flower poking up and enjoying the night air. He bent over, and I thought he might pluck it, so I stopped him with a hand to his chest.

“Don’t! Let it live.”

He grabbed my hand and held it close to him with that awful smirk of his. As soon as I saw it, my anger flared up hotter than I’d ever felt before. I tugged my hand away, but he held it tighter. “I wasn’t going to pull it up.”

“You were. Do not lie.” I pulled again, and this time he let it go.

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