Black Feathers by Joseph D' Lacey

Author:Joseph D' Lacey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Watkins Media
Published: 2013-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

Brooke plucked and gutted the rooks with less distaste than Gordon expected. She discarded the feet and the heads but used as much of the birds as she could to make a kind of stew with herbs gathered nearby.

When the food was ready, John Palmer ate with reluctance and complained the meat was tainted and bitter. He didn’t finish his meal. Brooke ate slowly and thoughtfully and finished her portion without serving herself any more. To Gordon the stew tasted better than anything his mother had ever made. He took a second helping and ate with gusto while the other two looked on. Each mouthful seemed to charge him. All the weakness he’d felt that morning evaporated, to be replaced with a sense of vitality and clarity. It was how he imagined people felt after too much coffee. When John and Brooke Palmer continued to decline more food from the pot, Gordon finished it and said a silent prayer:

Thank you for your strength and sacrifice.

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