To Find a Mountain by Dani Amore

Author:Dani Amore [Amore, Dani]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Fiction, Historical, War & Military
ISBN: 9780980183795
Google: ZDWRMAEACAAJ
Amazon: B0061JQMM4
Publisher: Slogan Books
Published: 2012-08-13T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-three

Night breezes stirred the broad leaves of the trees as Dominic and I left the cabin. Crickets sang their songs, unaware that their audience had grown by two. The crisp light of the stars illuminated the night, and complemented by the phosphorescence of the half-moon, made the ground seem to glow.

Once again, I felt the clumsiness I first experienced on the walk up the mountain. Dominic’s feet seemed to glide over the soft grass and occasional lump of fallen leaves. He made no sound while I clumped along, stumbling a bit, stepping normally only to find a rise of rock that jarred my leg from my ankle to my knee all the way up to my hip and lower back. I hoped Dominic didn’t see every misstep, but I think he did. His eyes seemed to miss nothing. Even in the dark.

Tomorrow, I would go down the mountain, but tonight there was love in my heart.

I felt torn about going back. I knew that Iole and Emidio needed me. Zizi Checcone would take good care of them, there was no doubt in my mind about that. But they hadn’t been away from myself or Papa for this long ever before. I knew they would be scared and wondering where we were.

But I wanted to stay with Papa. As ridiculous as it sounded, I felt like I could protect him. The very thought of anyone trying to hurt Papa made my blood boil. It made me want to tear Colonel Wolff apart with my bare hands for sending Papa to the front. The Germanesí would pay one day for this.

We walked across the small meadow to an opening in the forest. A path wound its way up the side of a steep rise and on the right side we could look down into a shallow valley. Even with the light of the moon, the trees below shielded the ground and left much of the land in the dark. It was a winding trail that took us through thick forest and then out into a brief patch of more mountain meadow. Water was close; I once heard the sound of birds, fish or an animal splashing.

At first, our conversation was awkward. Although we had been alone together on our first walk up the mountain, that had seemed more like business. The walk to the parachute had seemed like a mission, a task at hand. But this walk, there was no doubt about this walk. This was about pleasure. Just the two of us. I felt my hands get clammy and my heart felt light in my chest. Every few moments it would flutter and I would fight it down, tell myself to relax and be calm. We talked about many things and the more we walked, the more fluid the conversation became, and I opened up to Dominic; something I was never very good at with friends and even family. I told him some of my hopes and dreams, and he told me some of his.

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