And you will Lobo
, but it'll take a while before you actually will
here's the next chapter! Enjoy...
Meanwhile a couple of miles away from the village…
-… If we turn left here and walk along the way till we reach the small creek over here then we, Maki pointed at the map while he turned to Stranger, we’ll reach Noka’s home about a couple of days.
Stranger nodded, still having the Grubb in his thoughts.
- Hey? Stranger, what’s the matter?
- I can’t continue without her, Maki… it feels like a part of me is missing and there isn’t anything I can’t do about it, Stranger sighed.
- Stranger, she has made her decision and it’s not a good point of returning now and persuading her to come with us; We have to do this trip on our own and after all if she had a tribe however, then she has to take care of them, Maki explained while he laid his hand on Stranger’s shoulder.
- I guess you’re right, Stranger turned around looking wistfully after her.
- We have to move on, Maki looked desperately at the sky, before the weather gets worse.
- C’mon then, Stranger said as he began to ride at a walk.
- Eh, wait for me you old scumbag, Maki exclaimed at the same time he began to run.
Seven hours later the dark fell over them and a cold breeze was blowing through the dense forest. Maki shivered, he’d been through colds, but not anyone like this one before. He remembered once when he was five years old:
Strong winds were blowing and large snowflakes were falling down and created a thick quilt on the ground. His father was outside and was helping the other strong Steef males to close the great gate, which stood wide open. Vivay’s wife, Yulee, who was sitting in the couch was holding and rocking Maki in her arms to calm him down. Though he loved his father a lot and was very worried about him. Maki looked in his mothers eyes and asked:
“Mom, is daddy ever going to come back?” Yulee patted her son on his head.
“ Of course he is, sweety. Your father is only helping the other Steefs to close the main gate.”
“Are you sure?” she looked at him with a fearless look in her eyes.
“Yes I am sure. Don’t you worry Maki, he’ll be back.”
A relieved breath came out from the little one’s mouth. Now he knew and felt that his father would return safety.
Maki snapped out from his daydream when Stranger rubbed his shoulder.
- Hey, something’s wrong or?
- What… oh no nothing is wrong; I was just daydreaming, Maki answered as he looked at the map again to find their destination.
- So, where are we?
- Hrrm, well we aren’t too far from… Maki looked up slowly from the map and became silent.
- Maki? What is it? Something’s w…?
He didn’t respond he just stared. Stranger turned around and he froze as well as his companion. They were standing on an unusual tall hill and beneath it an old unfamiliar village stood; both deserted and abandoned.
-… The Steef’s nest, Maki continued still quite chocked.
- The Steef’s nest?
- It says that all the Steef’s lived here, before the tribe got separated in four parts, Maki cleared his throat, you know the story right?
- Yeah, Stranger sighed, shall we move on?
- I guess we don’t have much choice, do we? And it’s still a long way left, before we’ll reach Noka’s place.
- You’re right, Stranger paused, let’s move on.
They sustained the trip and were hoping that everything would be fine when they reached their destination.
~DS~