Silvermay (2011)
“If he’d been a dog, his tail would have fallen off from so much happy wagging. Ahead of us on the track he loped, over rocks and rivulets, his body all angles and thin lines, sending up puffs of dust where his large boots slapped into the dirt. There was none of the lithe grace with which Tamlyn slipped through the landscape, like a fox.
Every hundred paces or so, Ryall would stop to let us catch up, always waiting until he caught my eye. When he did, he’d grin shyly, turn back to the track and... press ahead. There were no words, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t hear his thoughts. Are you pleased with me, Silvermay? those glances asked. Is there anything more I can do for you?
Yes, there is! I felt like shouting. Let me forget you’re even here!
Ryall knew his business, though, thanks to the many times he’d hunted on these mountainsides alone.
‘This path leads between those two hills,’ he told us, pointing. ‘It’s not far after that.’ ‘I can smell smoke,’ said Tamlyn, and when we searched the sky above the trees, we saw four separate fingers of blue-grey clearly in the distance.MoreLess
Every hundred paces or so, Ryall would stop to let us catch up, always waiting until he caught my eye. When he did, he’d grin shyly, turn back to the track and... press ahead. There were no words, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t hear his thoughts. Are you pleased with me, Silvermay? those glances asked. Is there anything more I can do for you?
Yes, there is! I felt like shouting. Let me forget you’re even here!
Ryall knew his business, though, thanks to the many times he’d hunted on these mountainsides alone.
‘This path leads between those two hills,’ he told us, pointing. ‘It’s not far after that.’ ‘I can smell smoke,’ said Tamlyn, and when we searched the sky above the trees, we saw four separate fingers of blue-grey clearly in the distance.MoreLess
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