To Live In Revelry by M. L. Adams

Author:M. L. Adams [Adams, M. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

‘Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar

stood rul'd, stood vast infinitude confin'd;

till at his second bidding Darkness fled,

light shone, and order from disorder sprung.’

— John Milton, Paradise Lost

The last light of the day was already fast diminishing. She and Mokoto had travelled through the lush valleys of Elephant's Cove to take shelter in the rocky crags of Opal Court. They had left the tall trees and valleys behind long ago. Eden knew that Picta and the rest of Mokoto's family preferred the hot, dry landscapes of the Courts causing Eden to wonder what had caused Mokoto's solitary appearance at the river. She could only guess the whole family had gone down to drink and got flushed further inland by the chaos caused by the elephants. The mere thought of 'the event' (she refused to refer to it by any other name) caused deep feelings of unease to surface within her — feelings that Eden had been harbouring since before she and Luca had heard the first cries splinter through the forest air.

Eden busied herself by collecting any dry tinder she could find. Mokoto found this particularly enjoyable as he lent a hand chewing the longer branches into pup approved ratios. The cave they had chosen for shelter, carved from the sandstone cliffs by torrents of water each winter, was large enough to house a small family. The floor, ceiling, and walls were smooth to the touch as if someone had scooped it out by hand and shaped it with water. They arranged the wood, like Eden's father, had taught her, by the mouth of the cave, allowing any future smoke to be drawn outside. The first glimmering of stars had already begun to add their light to the dusky sky. There was not a cloud in sight. The fire would keep them both warm and offer them light for the impending darkness.

Prior to leaving with Mokoto, Eden had made Micah promise to send word to her parents. She had never been away from home for this length of time before. She was feeling desperately homesick and needed to hear her mother's soothing words, telling her all would be well in the end. The feeling of her recent deceit still burned within her. So many times she had wanted to apologise to Micah and confess the truth to him, but she couldn't risk him coming between her and Luca's cure.

She longed to talk to someone about Luca, the dream she shared with her guardian angel and how it had felt watching Old Mother die before her, but she had no one who would understand. At the very least she wanted her parents to know that she was alive and well, but there had been no word regarding their safety.

In truth, Eden had hardly seen or heard a soul apart from dear Mokoto, even though she had kept her eyes open for the distinctive flash of blue and the piercing cries of a blue jay. Eden knew their swiftness, attention to detail and penchant for gossip made them ideal partners for relaying information.

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