Nilana has one night to make the choice of a lifetime: Accept the love of two men, or keep hunting-alone. No man has ever tempted Nilana to give up her freedom. Life as a huntress has given this shapeshifter everything she thought s
Chapter Five
Nilana has one night to make the choice of a lifetime: Accept the love of two men, or keep hunting-alone. No man has ever tempted Nilana to give up her freedom. Life as a huntress has given this shapeshifter everything she thought s
Through the darkness she ran. Looking down, she saw her body was a translucent wraith of smoke. She ran not on the earth but across the moonlit sky.
Beside her came the thud, thud, thud of a steady-beating heart. It echoed loudly in the dark and drowned out any sounds of the world below them. Turning her head, she found she ran alongside the specter of the Great Spirit, he who watched over the earth and her people. Awestruck, she stopped to face the spirit form of the totem.
Greetings, Great Father. She bowed her head in respectful welcome. Her lips of mist did not move, yet the words hung in the air between them.
Greetings, my huntress . His head nodded briefly in return. He studied her for a long moment. Run with me. While the night wind swirled across the skies, she found herself again stretching her legs with the mighty spirit.
For long moments, they raced through the night. As their shadows rushed across the ground far below, she saw the Great Plains fall away behind them and the northern hills begin to form ahead. Soon they were crossing them, and ahead stretched the vast length of the Rock Yellow River.
Along its banks, she could see a large camp settled on the edge of the river. It was near winter this far north, and she knew the people here had begun the trip to their winter lands.
The Great Spirit stopped above the sleeping tribe. His voice carried both compassion and hope when he spoke again. Look closely at my people, Huntress. Tell me what you see.
She studied the lodges carefully. They seemed well-formed, and well-cared for.
Several fires smoldered in the dark, the flames keeping pots simmering throughout the cold night. She could see guards on the outskirts, keeping watch over the families that slept
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