The New Assault by Steven Spellman

Author:Steven Spellman [Spellman, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steven Spellman Books, LLC
Published: 2018-03-27T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

The young woman. Sam had completely forgotten about her. He knew from her memories that she sat faithfully at the pond, daily. Just because she hadn’t been here upon Sam’s arrival didn’t mean she wouldn’t be arriving, soon. He should’ve expected her, but he hadn’t. Now that he sensed her approach he found that he didn’t really care if she found him here or not. No, in fact, he didn’t care at all. Actually, it might be a good thing that she stumble upon him like this. Maybe she would rush back to the city and return with a mob. Maybe they would trample him to dust in their fervor and answer the question of his destiny before it ever began. Perhaps. Either way, Sam just wanted it all to be over. He didn’t want to hide anymore, neither from the townspeople, nor from his himself.

He sensed that the young woman was drawing closer. He had no idea what path she’d taken to get here—obviously a path that neither the armed guards nor any of the other townspeople knew about—only that she was near. It felt to Sam like an incredibly long time before she finally came into view. He knew she was in view when read in her thoughts that she had spotted him. He could see the immediate anger balloon in her mind that someone compromised her private place, the only place she felt she had left where she could avoid the pressures of her life. He also saw that anger quickly dissipate as defeat took its place. Like himself, this young woman lacked the emotional energy necessary to be either angry or sad for very long. In her mind, everything else that was important had already been snatched away from her. She had no energy left to fight for what little remained.

But, she didn’t leave. She watched Sam from behind a huge rock, completely unnoticed. At least she thought she was unnoticed. Curious thoughts rummaged inside her head, but Sam was shocked to find that she didn’t recognize him. As far as she knew he was just some guy who’d somehow stumbled upon her only place of refuge. Nothing more. After a while, the young woman moved from her position to a higher vantage point where she could watch Sam more closely. She stood behind a large tree, in a natural crevice in the mountain face. It was almost exactly the spot where Sam had once secretly watched her. Sam glanced around and realized that he was in fact seated in the same spot that she had been It was one of the few places around the pond where a person could sit comfortably upon grass without the taller grasses and bulrushes obscuring the view of the water. As the young woman watched him he listened in on her thoughts. They were not what he expected.

Not only was the anger, sadness, and defeat from earlier receding, but it was gradually being replaced with compassion. This young woman was concerned about Sam.

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