Yesterday Island (Alaska Adventure Romance Book 6) by Hart Renee

Author:Hart, Renee [Hart, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00

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The winter was the hardest the People could ever remember. Without the Great Hunt, they were forced to go out seeking food almost every day. Many days, the winds and the cold made hunting or fishing impossible. It wasn’t too long before hunger began to claim the weakest, and the darkest months were still ahead of them.

Ulriq divided his time between the men at the lodge and fishing for his mother. The workmen had a sufficient supply of foodstuffs in storage and weren’t affected by the lack of meat. They were used to a diet of hardtack and dried food. No one in the village realized or even cared to know how the foreigners were faring out beyond the edge of their small community. They had too much trouble at home.

Ulriq’s fishing skills weren’t especially noteworthy, but he always managed to bring home two or three fish on each trip. He suspected the bears were somehow helping him by herding fish towards him underneath the ice, but he could never prove this with any real confidence. He never saw anything more than fleeting shadows in the darkness of the icy water. It was enough to know that he was a part of something greater than himself.

His mother tried to help out the Elders and some of the other mothers by sharing what she could, but there was never enough for everyone. When some of the men learned there was food in the leader’s house, they became angry towards him and evil rumors went around about the family. They were forced to be more and more secretive as the People grew more desperate. Ulriq learned to come and go from the village under the cover of darkness or storms. Fear was taking hold of everyone and the new leader was powerless to contain it.

When the dark time came, fewer men were willing to go out to hunt or fish. The People from the neighboring island came to visit relatives and were horrified at what they found. There was plenty of food on their island and it didn’t take much to convince the others to go back with them. One family at a time, they began to migrate over the ice to the larger western island.

As the huts slowly emptied out, the few fish Ulriq brought home went further and the ugly rumors changed to quietly whispered words of gratitude. Though he was barely a man, some of the People began to talk of how he was their true leader. These words angered his stepfather and soon Ulriq found himself unwelcome in his own home. His mother was powerless against her husband’s jealousy and she warned her son to stay away for his own safety. He stayed at his cave behind the lodge for longer periods of time, coming only to the village to bring his mother food. The winter was a long and lonely time and only his thoughts of his beloved Iliana sustained him. He dreamed of her return every night.

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