Fighting Back by C. C. Hunter
Author:C. C. Hunter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult, dark fantasy, teen, ghost, paranornal
Publisher: C. C. Hunter
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Lucas had started his campfire and now sat on the earth. The warm orange glow pushed back the night’s darkness. The Council had picked a national forest located fifty miles from Houston for his commune with nature. His location was in the most secluded area in a park that was over a hundred and fifty thousand acres.
The wisp of cool wind whispered through the pine trees and sent embers of flames dancing midair only to float to the ground. Fortunately the earth held the moisture from last night’s rain, making his fire nonthreatening to the trees and animals.
Surrounded by the December cold and the forest, brown from winter, he used a rock to remove the skin, fur, and intestines from the rabbit he called his dinner. The cool wind whispered from the trees.
His stomach ached with emptiness; he’d been here two days without eating. His heart ached with emptiness; he’d been here two days without seeing Kylie.
He silently gave thanks to the animal that would fill his belly and pushed away his hunger. Maybe then he could push back his resentment with the Council for insisting he be here, and find solace with nature. Normally, it wasn’t so hard. Normally, he wasn’t worried about his life mate. Normally, their life together was without question. Not that he questioned it now. But Kylie seemed to.
Was that the reason she hadn’t contacted him with her power of dreamscape?
The Council’s hope that his time away from the human world would bring his thinking more in line with their views was failing miserably. Instead, he had used the hours here to mourn the time he had missed with Kylie at the Council’s insistence. He had relived the numerous times he had seen the disappointment flash in her eyes. He cursed himself for letting it go on.
Perhaps his quest to bring together the disjointed were society had been too big a goal. Perhaps he didn’t belong on the Council. They expected him to put their mission before anything else. He couldn’t do that.
Suddenly certain, he made up his mind. He’d give them these two weeks, and then they’d talk. Instead of them making demands on him, he would put the demands back on them. He would have a life outside the duty of the Council. He would make it clear he planned to marry Kylie. He would only be available on certain days.
If they couldn’t–or wouldn’t–accept his terms, he’d walk.
Would it hurt to leave without completing something he felt was his life quest? Yes, but losing Kylie would be worse.
Since he had been seven and peered through the fence slats to see the precious girl swinging in her backyard, he had sensed she was meant to be his. Even when he didn’t know what supernatural mark she carried, he felt propelled to protect her from any pain. And now he was the one hurting her.
He held the meat above the fire with a stick, listening to the sizzle and savoring the smell, and considered what Kylie believed to be true.
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