Sword of Truth 03 Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind

Author:Terry Goodkind [Goodkind, Terry]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-05-17T22:14:37.810000+00:00

CHAPTER 34

She saw glowing green eyes. In the faint light coming from the small winter moon and the stars, she saw a great hulk step toward her. Kahlan wanted to cry out, but her voice wasn't there. When the huge beast's lips drew back, she saw the entire length of its prodigious fangs. She staggered back a step. She was squeezing the knife handle so hard that her fingers ached. If she was quick, and if she didn't panic, she might have a chance. If she called out, would Zedd hear her? Would anyone hear her? Even if they did, they were too far away. They wouldn't be able to get to her in time. In the dim light she could see by its size that it was a short-tailed gar. It would have to be a short-tailed gar; they were the smartest, the biggest, the most deadly. Dear spirits, why couldn't it be a long-tailed gar? Kahlan stared as it lifted something from its chest. Why was it just standing there? Where were its blood flies? It looked down, looked up at her, and looked down again. The eyes glowed a menacing green. Its lips drew back farther, vapor clouding the air when it let out a gurgling sound. Kahlan's eyes went wide. Could it be? "Gratch?" The gar suddenly started jumping up and down, howling with excitement and flapping its wings. Kahlan sagged with heady relief. She sheathed her knife and stepped closer to the towering beast, but she was still cautious. "Gratch? Is that you, Gratch?" The gar vigorously nodded his huge, grotesque head. "Grrratch!" He called out in a deep growl that resonated in her breastbone. He thumped his chest with both claws. "Grrratch!" "Gratch, did Richard send you?" The gar's wings flapped more energetically at the mention of Richard's name. She came closer. "Did Richard send you?" "Grrratch luuug Raaaach aaarg." Kahlan blinked. Richard had told her that Gratch tried to talk. She suddenly giggled. "Kahlan loves Richard, too." She tapped her chest. "I'm Kahlan, Gratch, I'm so happy to meet you." She gasped as the gar lunged forward and scooped her up in his furry arms, lifting her feet clear of the ground. Her first thought was that he was surely going to crush her, but he was surprisingly gentle as he held her to his smooth chest. Kahlan reached around the great body and hugged the gar's sides. She couldn't get her arms even halfway around him. Kahlan could never have imagined doing such a thing, but now she was brought nearly to tears, because Gratch was Richard's friend, and Richard had sent the gar to her. It was almost as if it were a hug sent from Richard himself. The gar carefully set her on the ground. He studied her with his glowing green eyes. She stroked a hand along the fur at the side of his chest as the hulking creature reached down and tenderly stroked her hair with a huge, deadly claw.

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