Dracula of the Apes 2 by G Wells Taylor

Author:G Wells Taylor [Taylor, G Wells]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

In this time, Eeda had continued to refuse the attentions of the males, and rebuked any that attempted to mate with her. The blackbacks even complained to Goro but he told them to pursue females that were willing to have them.

He believed that Eeda would mate again once her focus on her adopted son was ended, and already the silverback could see that the night ape required little of her time.

Gazda was now much stronger and more muscular and was growing up to be a hunter unparalleled within the tribe. His skills had provided meat to the blackbacks, she-apes and their infants, and this rich diet was reflected in the thick and glossy coats of all who had received it.

The night ape had never lived on the same cycle as the tribe, being a thing like the moon, and as he had aged, his hunting often kept him away. His mother still complained about this habit, though she rarely went looking for him after nightfall anymore.

Sadly, though Gazda had cunning and skill, Goro still judged him to be crazy since he continued to cover his pale skin with mud and traipse about the jungle with a panther skin over his back. A skin from a panther similar to the others that he claimed to have killed on his own, a tale that Goro doubted, despite the shining fang that the night ape always carried at his waist.

One was unlikely... But Gazda claimed to kill a new panther whenever the old disguise had rotted or worn out.

Such a thing was unbelievable.

Goro had seen the shining fang in action on the odd group hunt in which Gazda eagerly participated; and the silverback respected its gleaming edge after seeing it snatch the life out of prey, even though he doubted its power against his might. To the bull ape it was but a little fang, and there were few places on the silverback’s body where it could penetrate to a depth that would kill.

His warrior nature would make him wary of it, as he was wary of many dangers; but Goro was more concerned about Omag’s whispering, and the close attention that the failed silverback and the aging queens paid to his son Ulok.

Like any silverback, the king cared for his offspring, but had no love for them as they grew into maturity, and became ambitious blackbacks. Such love could blind him when a blackback son’s challenge came, and no king could be so sentimental.

He respected Ulok’s strength, and could see his own power there in the flex and heft of the growing ape’s muscular form.

Goro did respect it, though he did not respect the ape. Ulok had become a bully and had no honor. It was normal for the blackbacks to fight amongst themselves—and such behavior was even encouraged—but they were to protect the tribe. Many times had Goro seen Ulok bully the females and infants when his needs were not met, or when disappointment loomed.

Since Omag was also bully, it seemed to Goro that the association between the two was the source of his son’s dishonor.

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