Heart of the Hunter Chapter 6
Please enjoy Chapter 6 of Heart of the Hunter.
The river-hawk gave its cry as it rode the warm morning breeze down to a perch set aside just for his use. His wings ached from the long flight, but his duty had been made clear to him. The hawk settled on the perch, tucking his wings in perfectly, respectfully waiting to be recognized.
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“I bring news from the Watcher to the South, Greenward.” The raptor sent.
“This one listens to you, brother hawk.” The Greenward sent back.
The hawk’s eyes were clear and penetrating. “The two-legs from the city come, on four-legs riding and pulled, and follow the river path.”
The Warder nodded. “Has the swamp witch noticed them yet?”
“Uncertain. The eaters of the dead have, however.” The Greenward nodded, understanding that the bird meant the Gnaeltongues, who often ate carrion and their own dead.
“And their number grows daily, as their hunting parties plunder further South from the Wastes.” the Greenward said.
“Winds are changing.” The hawk sent.
The Greenward sighed and looked out into the forest. “Yes. And mayhaps now they turn the way we wish them.”
Music in this Chapter:
Dignity by Green Druid
Crossroads, Mindmixing and Fangorn the Forest by B. Lindner
Krakatoa by Clouseaux
Midnight Wednesday by Dave Howard
November 15th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
So I says to myself, “I’ll just listen to one chapter a night, and that way I’ll have Heart of the Hunter to look forward to for almost two weeks.” So what do I do? Listen to three episodes tonight
One while fixing dinner, (which was a lovely way to wind down from a difficult phone call), one while driving to babysit, and one more while driving home again.
Since my Palm is charged, I’m tempted to take chapter 6 to bed with me.
November 15th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
I can’t tell you how electrified I am to hear you say this.
Thank you so much!
November 16th, 2007 at 7:32 am
I did take Chapter 6 to bed with me, but promptly fell asleep - so I’ll listen to it again today, probably while I’m running errands before going to MACE (http://justusproductions.com/mace.php)
Thank you for telling such a compelling story!