Wolves of the Beyond: Watch Wolf by Kathryn Lasky

Author:Kathryn Lasky
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780545388726
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2011-09-25T05:00:00+00:00

After his shift was over, Faolan trotted happily back to the den. “Wasn’t it fantastic, Edme?” he said, sliding down the slope into the den. “I mean, those drafts lift you right up. I felt it was as close as I’d ever come to flying like an owl —” He broke off mid-speech. “Edme?”

Edme was curled into a ball in a far corner with her muzzle buried between her paws. Absolute silence as loud as any noise engulfed the den.

“Edme, what is it?”

Without looking at him and with her muzzle still buried, Edme mumbled something in a muffled voice that Faolan had to strain to hear.

“You’ve been what?”

“Dalach’d,” Edme said again.

“Dalach’d? No!”

“Yes. I can’t jump for three nights.”

“But why? What did you do?” Faolan asked.

“You know that arrangement of bones that they make so you can grip better?”

“Yes.”

“I didn’t show the proper reverence for the keybone.”

“And so you got dalach’d? I mean, Twist never said anything about proper reverence. Did Winks tell you that?” Faolan asked, totally bewildered.

“It wasn’t Winks. It was Banja. Winks wasn’t feeling well.”

“Banja — that old she-bag of a wolf!”

“She hates me, Faolan. I don’t know why. I mean, she’s missing one eye. If anything, she should understand me better, like Winks does. I’m not allowed on the cairn for the next three nights. How will I ever learn to navigate the She-Winds?”

“It’s wrong. Completely wrong. Winks would never have done such a thing. I think we should protest,” Faolan said staunchly.

“No, no. And it’s my problem, not yours. I’m just going to try and forget about it.” Edme circled her caribou pelt before she settled down again to try to sleep.

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