The Guardian (2005)
“Black Sun’s voice drifted over and through her like smoke from a glowing campfire, and Charity realized she was listening to a gifted storyteller. “The great Thunderbird who rules the sky decided he would take the form of a man and walk on the earth for the space of a moon. This canyon is where he made his camp.”
“Here?” She looked up at him, astonished and delighted in spite of her tortured body.
“You’re kneeling on sacred ground right now,” Black Sun said. “The whole canyon is sacred ground.”...
“Then…we really shouldn’t be here, should we?”
His gaze flickered away for an instant. “We had no choice,” he said. “I have asked forgiveness, but what is done can’t be undone.”
“I see.” A contraction twisted through her body. If she and the baby lived, she would know that forgiveness had been granted, she told herself. If not… But what would forgiveness matter then? What would anything matter?
“Tell me what happened here,” she gasped, clutching his hands as if they were her only anchor to life.MoreLess
“Here?” She looked up at him, astonished and delighted in spite of her tortured body.
“You’re kneeling on sacred ground right now,” Black Sun said. “The whole canyon is sacred ground.”...
“Then…we really shouldn’t be here, should we?”
His gaze flickered away for an instant. “We had no choice,” he said. “I have asked forgiveness, but what is done can’t be undone.”
“I see.” A contraction twisted through her body. If she and the baby lived, she would know that forgiveness had been granted, she told herself. If not… But what would forgiveness matter then? What would anything matter?
“Tell me what happened here,” she gasped, clutching his hands as if they were her only anchor to life.MoreLess
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