Bear Combustion by Jamie Hill & Jude Mason

Author:Jamie Hill & Jude Mason [Hill, Jamie & Mason, Jude]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

needing to gather his thoughts. Dead. Norak was dead. He’d thought of how much work it was to care for a larger clan and the next thing he knew, its numbers decreased by one. Had his reflection been a foretelling? Or was it just misfortune that the elder was taken from them?

He turned and raised his arms to the smoke-filled, grey sky. Closing his eyes, he felt a tear make its way down his cheek. The weight of his loss was like the weight of the world sitting squarely on his shoulders.

He knew he’d been right. To stay by the river would have been certain death for them all. The water was much too low, it would never have been able to cover them. Further upstream, the river was much too deep and fast flowing. The young would have been swept away, the elders drowned for sure. Either would have been a horrible death.

But Norak was gone. Norak, the old, blind one who’d needed more help than the others, hadn’t made it. How could he ever forgive himself?

A cry of anguish bellowed from deep inside him, echoing off the stone walls that rose behind and beside him. The mournful, wailing howl of grief went on and on until his breath ran out. He gulped air and fell to his knees on the rock ledge.

He sobbed and growled his anger and pain, knowing in the depth of his soul he had to get past this. He had to pull himself together. The clan and especially Raven needed and depended on him.

Sagging forward, he rested his forehead between his hands. The rocks were warm, reminding him about the nearness of the fire.

He prayed the death had been quick.

The amulet dangling from its leather cord touched his lips. The heat of it sent a shiver through him. Strength and calm seeped from it and pushed his pain aside. He knew he’d feel it later, but for the moment, he let it go.

Time passed, enough for him to notice a darkening of the sky when he again raised his head and took notice of the world around him. The crackling of the fire had faded. The putrid air clung to the area. He looked around and sighed. The stubble of trees and blackened earth surrounded him, yet there was also green. Some trees had survived, some patches of grass still held colour.

“Tarek.”

BEAR COMBUSTION

Jamie Hill and Jude Mason

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