Tamer- King of Dinosaurs 4 by Michael-Scott Earle

Author:Michael-Scott Earle [Earle, Michael-Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MSE Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-05-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

The purple sky of twilight had faded almost to black by the time Galmine and I made it back to our fort. Katie was guarding the door, and I commanded her to use one of her horns to help me lift the doors up and away from the entrance so that Tom could come through. By the time we had done that though, Sheela had already joined us with her spear clutched in her sharp fingers.

“I was worried,” she said as she glanced down at my bare chest. I had put my shirt back on, but only buttoned the lower two, so most of my upper body was easy to see.

“It took a little longer than expected,” I said as I gave her a hug.

“Much, much longer than expected,” Galmine sighed contently from her seat on top of Tom.

“We got a bunch of antiseptic herbs, some bamboo, and I fed the raptors and balaurs.” I gestured up to the back of Tom’s saddle, and Sheela smiled.

“This is good news, and I am glad you are okay.”

“I’m going to let you all unload everything,” I said. “I’ll send Tom over to the cooking fires while I start the fire that will burn Will-Lack’s body.”

“Would you like help with that?” Sheela asked.

“You all have a lot to do,” I said as I shrugged. “I’m just going to light the fire, say a few words to the wind, and make sure he burns all the way. If you all want to come say something, you can, but none of you knew him.”

“Fair enough,” Sheela said as she vaulted up Tom’s back and sat next to Galmine. “We will wait for you by the cooking fires. Dinner should be ready soon.”

“Great,” I said and then I commanded the balaurs to guard the gate with Katie while Tom and the troodons went to the covered area where I saw Kacerie, Trel, Liahpa, and Emerald working.

Then I walked over to the pit Emerald and I had dug for Will-Lack.

It was almost too dark to see, but I had started hundreds, or maybe even thousands of fires in the few months that I’d been on Dinosaurland, and didn’t need my vision to set up my hand drill and tinder. My palms and fingers were covered with calluses now, and it only took a few practiced spins of the hand drill before I had a small coal burning.

I tipped the coal into the soft tinder, picked it up in my hands, and slowly blew on it. The pinpoint of orange light quickly turned into flame, and I carefully set it down into the shallow pit next to Will-Lack’s large body. Then I added a few handfuls of kindling until the fire was healthy. I watched it spread to some larger pieces of wood for a few minutes, and then I stood at the foot of the shallow grave and cleared my throat.

“I, uhhh--” My voice cracked a bit, and then I jumped when I felt something soft press against my leg.

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