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When you're ar the brink of war, what choices do you make? Which road do you take?

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Chapter #7

The Gift of the Wolf

    by: Cheri Annemos Author IconMail Icon
The sequence in place, the ground beneath the chimney shook. Sabrina retreated to the edge of the trees.
“Seer Sabrina. You cannot leave him there. His gift to you will be lost.”
Sabrina stared in wide eyed wonder at the fox.
“You have returned.”
“You must save him to retrieve the gift of foretelling. Go now.”
On winged feet, Sabrina returned, latched on to the wolf’s tail and flung him to the edge of the trees. It was enough. Sabrina stepped with firm feet upon the hearth of the chimney to await the gifts. She plucked the jeweled stones from the mantel one by one, allowing each new power to be released into her spirit. The final stone, released the wolf from his trance.
Upon turning, she acknowledged the wolf’s four-point bow and allowed him to touch the hem of her garment.
The presence of the evil one would soon be upon the village. It would take all newly bestowed gifts of cunning, wisdom, strength, and foretelling to rid this land of his presence.
“Subject Fox, who leads the fairies in the canopy?”
“It is Celine.”
“My mother was named Celine.”
“Yes, Seer Sabrina.”
Sabrina placed the palm of her hand upon the fox’s crown and the other upon the wolf’s crown.
“Do you understand the message that must be relayed?”
“Must we?” the wolf tentatively asked.
Sabrina looked upon him with compassionate eyes. “No. But each of us must be willing to give our life for this land in order to save it and keep it. Only when one’s life is the price, will one do that which must be done for the good of the all. You know this.”
The wolf bowed his head in sorrow, “You know that is the price that will be exacted on the fairies. How can you? One if your mother!”
Sabrina bowed her head in response, “My duty is to my people.”
The fox dropped his belly to the ground. The wolf moved to the hearth of the chimney to let out his mournful howl. The woodland creatures stopped in mid-activity and shuddered at the wolf’s howl. It is rare to hear the wolf howl in mid-day. The pattern of the bay warned them of pending danger.
Each of the woodland creatures regardless of age or ability followed the haunting wale to the glen to welcome the new age, whatever it would be.

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1. Warning to the Faeries

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2. The Price Must be Paid

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3. Betrayal of the Wolf

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