The Swiftshadow Chronicles Part 7: Histories

by gydragonwing

after escaping Lockdowns ship Swiftshadow and Wilson find themselves in the british Isles. they encounter a thief who possesses a cursed gem. Swiftshadow finds herself teaming up Carmen. She discovers something that may be the key to unlocking her forgotten memories. Carmen begins to wonder if some treasures are meant to stay lost. Ancient evil and a new enemies lurks in shadows.

15. epilogue

Todd Riderman hung a poster in a bulletin board. The tacks pressed easily in to the cork. He closed the cases plexiglass door as he breathed in the calm summer air. The wind barely disturbed the emerald canopy. The music of songbirds tweeting and chirping were the only things heard.

MISSING headed the poster. Todd stared at the image below. A pair of eyes stared back. Eyes full life and fire and the deepest of blue. Eyes he feared he never see again.

"Oh Kelsey, where'd you go?" He muttered. A dull ache in his chest threatened to consume him as he choked on the lump in his throat. He didn't know what he would do if he lost his sister forever. Like he lost the rest of his family.

The search parties scoured these woods looking for any trace of her. Dogs, helicopters, and volunteers tried and failed to find her. But as the days and weeks passed hope and resolve dwindled. Many wrote her off as dead.

Todd refused to accept that. He still carried a spark of hope with every poster he pinned. She'll come back to me he promised himself. He wandered the trails as she did whenever she got upset or needed to get away for awhile.

A quiet rustling of a brush drew his attention to the woods. A large grey brown she wolf stepped out of the undergrowth. She looked young strong and healthy. Todd couldn't help but note a long scar on her shoulder. Todd carefully reached for the bear spray in his pocket. While wolf attacks were exceedingly rare one could not be too careful around wild animals.

Another wolf followed closely behind her. An older battle scarred male with rich brown pelt.

"You guys wouldn't happen to know where my sister is would ya?" Todd kept his voice steady and calm. The wolves merely studied him with twitching ears. Todd slowly stepped backwards towards his beat up old pick up, careful to not make himself appear like prey.

"It was nice meeting you, but I gotta go," Todd pulled the door open and hopped in. He twisted the key and pulled out of the parking lot.

After the truck disappeared down the road the she wolf trotted up to the poster and in her wolf tongue whispered as single word.

"Swiftshadow,"

TO BE CONCLUDED…