A Hungering of Wolves by T. C. Rypel

Author:T. C. Rypel [Rypel, T. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781479402359
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: 2014-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

PART THREE

Actions at the Gate of Hell

Infernal thunder shook both sea and land

In all the planets, and hell’s batteries

Let off the artillery, which Milton mentions

As one of Satan’s most sublime inventions.

—Byron

CHAPTER TEN

“Your wife,” Claire said to Wilfred Gundersen, smiling sweetly as she rode beside him through the dell. “She was very enceinte when we left, it seemed. Do you think by now—?”

“I’m probably a father, ja,” Wilf replied curtly, at once regretting his sharp tone. He still seethed over the oppression they’d witnessed in Lamorisse. “Seems strange, to think about it,” he added.

“A papa,” she said. “What were you hoping for?”

“A boy, I suppose,” Wilf answered wistfully.

“She didn’t seem to care for me much, I thought.”

Wilf felt a twinge of embarrassment, hoping it didn’t show. “She’s just been acting oddly. Moody—you know.” Now he was sure his face had flushed. “Well…I guess you don’t, nicht wahr?”

“Nein, I’ve had no children yet.” She laughed breathily. “Was she…uneasy about you riding off to help another woman?”

The warrior was increasingly uncomfortable with the tenor of the conversation. They’d spoken little of a personal nature during their weeks on the road. He suddenly realized that he had, in fact, found Claire quite attractive in a distant, unconscious way. It surfaced now, causing him to seek shelter in thoughts of discipline. He wondered what Gonji might say under similar circumstances.

“Nein,” he lied, “this was too important for her to be thinking anything…like that.” He cursed deep inside.

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