The Burning Horizon by Hunter Erin

The Burning Horizon by Hunter Erin

Author:Hunter, Erin [Hunter, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Animals, Action & Adventure, Bears, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, General
ISBN: 9780061996467
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-01-06T08:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER TWELVE

Toklo

“Kallik, we’ll walk along the crevasse and meet you at the end!” Toklo bellowed down into the ice. He thought he could hear a faint response but couldn’t make out the words. “I’m not sure if she can hear me,” he added to Yakone, who looked stunned, his eyes full of horror at the way Kallik had simply disappeared.

“We have to do something to help her,” he said.

“There’s nothing we can do,” Toklo responded grimly. “If we tried to get to her, we would all be trapped. All we can do is follow the crevasse and hope we can help her out at the end.”

Yakone nodded reluctantly. Side by side the two bears padded along the edge of the crevasse toward the end that was closest. Though he was trying to stay calm for Yakone’s sake, Toklo’s head was reeling. First Lusa, now Kallik! Am I going to lose every one of my friends?

“It’s all my fault,” he muttered. “I shouldn’t have made us come onto the glacier to begin with. If we’d headed down into the trees, we could have avoided the flat-faces more safely and kept the caribou in sight. Now we’ve lost Kallik, and the caribou herd that was leading us to Lusa will soon be long gone.”

“It’s not your fault,” Yakone insisted, overhearing him. “We were all rushing, and if my dumb paw hadn’t held us up . . .”

“You can’t help being injured—” Toklo began, then broke off as he spotted another wide crack zigzagging across the ice, branching from Kallik’s crevasse. He ran over to it and peered down into the dark depths. “Kallik!” he roared. “Kallik!”

Yakone joined him, and both bears bellowed their friend’s name until they were hoarse. But there was no reply, only the echoes of their own voices.

“We have no way of knowing if she’s making any progress. Maybe she’s trapped down there . . . or worse,” Yakone said, his eyes full of fear.

“Don’t think that!” Toklo snapped. “Maybe she just hasn’t reached this part yet.” I have to believe that, he told himself determinedly. “We’re here, Kallik! Keep going!” he called out again, just in case their friend could hear him.

This crack that crossed Kallik’s crevasse was wider than the one they had jumped before. They decided Toklo would make the leap first, so he would be there to help Yakone on the other side. Toklo took a long run up to it and drew on all his strength as he pushed off into a leap. He landed safely, wincing as his paws thumped onto the rough surface. Then he turned to help Yakone.

The white male was already launching himself into the air. He came down on the very edge of the crack, letting out a yelp of pain as his wounded paw hit the ice. His hindpaws were perilously close to thin air, and Toklo grabbed his shoulder fur to haul him clear.

“Thanks!” Yakone panted.

“Do you need to rest?” Toklo asked, glancing at Yakone’s injured paw, which was oozing blood again.



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