Autumn Dreams by Susan Edwards

Author:Susan Edwards [Edwards, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Native American Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2015-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Kangee woke with a start. She stared into the darkness, her gaze darting from shadow to corner, from ceiling to floor, from wall to wall. Nothing moved. Her senses were raw and jagged from everything that had happened that day.

Staring up into the bit of night sky revealed, she realized not much time had passed since returning to the longhouse. She turned her head and found her father. He slept in one of the beds with Skye cuddled in his bear-like arms. Kangee rubbed her arms and wished she were once again a small child able to seek comfort in her father’s arms.

Though she was safe in the lodge, surrounded by both her family and Night Warrior’s, chills paced up and down her spine like an agitated wolf guarding the borders of his territory. A loud snort burst the quiet. She jumped, then shook her head. Her father sounded like a hibernating bear.

The normalcy of her family should have reassured her, but it didn’t. She should have felt safe and protected not vulnerable. She squeezed her eyes shut and focused on her breathing. Deep breaths in, slow breaths out. In. Out. In. Out.

Would the evil spirit, Ardong, return to invade her dreams and her mind? She had no trouble seeing again the red-eyed creature that had radiated hatred and pure evil. She shuddered and pressed a hand to her stomach.

It seemed unreal, as though she were living and breathing a bad dream, but it was real. She’d sought and found her mother and, in doing so, found an ancient evil being, one that had blazed a trail into her mind.

She shifted onto her stomach and rested her chin on her fisted hands as she tried to take in everything that had happened that day—without remembering the horrors of being surrounded by Evil.

Take her. Take her. Take her.

The words spoken by Ardong hammered and echoed. Panic sent her heart racing. Was she remembering or had the shattered soul breeched her consciousness again. She moaned and dropped her head to the fur she slept on and covered her ears with her hands.

The thought of facing the evil spirit terrified her. Yet, if she wanted to free her mother, she’d have to.

Tears gathered at her eyes. She wanted more than anything to have taken her mother from that place when she had the chance earlier. So what if Ardong went free? If legend was right, the son of Dragon had split and scattered his soul. What harm could one piece of one soul cause?

Remembering the hideous monster, Kangee wished she knew more about the legend. She ran a hand through her hair. Over and over, questions circled her mind. How was she going to save her mother and her unborn twin brothers? She sat up and clasped her knees to her chest. Grandmother had said it was up to her to free her mother. How was she going to bring her mother back to her family without freeing Ardong?

Across from her, Conrad snorted again, which both startled and comforted at the same time.

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