Page 26 (1/1)

Far upstate in the adirondacks, on the verge of dawn&039;s arrival over Saddleback Mountain, the ht before theanother Slow and uncoordinated, he knew the hunter role he was playing was a joke The strength he got froht as he&039;d left his cave, he was so weak he wasn&039;t sure whether he could dematerialize at all

Which et close enough to his prey Whichto feed Which meant the time had finally coined everyone did fro to die What would the circu would it take? He&039;d assuiven what his line of work had been, that it would have been fighting

Instead, it was going to be here in this quiet forest by the hand of dawn&039;s burning glory

Surprise

Up ahead, the buck lifted its heavy rack and prepared to bound away Gathering what little energy he had, the male willed himself to cross the distance between their two bodies and nothing happened His corporeal forht switch were being triggered, but he didn&039;t change positions, and the deer shot off, white tail flicking as it crashed through the underbrush

The male let hirets were h Not all

Although he was desperate for the reunion he expected to find in the Fade, though he hungered for the embrace of the ones he&039;d lost so recently, he kneas leaving a part of himself behind here on earth

It couldn&039;t be helped The leaving behind, that was

His only solace was that his son had been left in very good hands The best His brothers would look after his son, as was the proper way of things in fah

He should have done a lot of things

But the shoulds were over now

Ever end, the male made a couple of atte his deadweight body in the direction of his cave He got nowhere, and it ith a slice of joy through his dark heart that he finally allowed himself to collapse onto the pine needles and leaves

Thehis nose with sh they came from the dirt

The first rays of the sun come from behind him, and then he felt the blast of the heat The end had arrived, and he welcomed it with open arms and with eyes that were closed in relief

His last sensation before he died was his liberation fro drawn up into the brilliant light, drawn unto the reunion it had taken eight horrible months for him to find