White Dusk (2011)
“This was all too much.
Yellow Robe had been screaming for some time now, and her voice cracked on each long sorrowful cry. Blood caked her arms from where she’d scratched herself, and she would occasionally scream and tear at her shorn hair.
Small Bird shuddered. “No more, Mother. No more.” Her mother didn’t respond; she buried her head in her hands and began scratching deep furrows down the sides of her face. Unable to bear any more, Small Bird physically restrained her.
Across the tipi, Lone ...Warrior stared into the glowing embers of the fire. A moment later he glanced up, his face a twisted mask of grief and hate. Though he’d said nothing since laying their father onto his pallet of furs, Small Bird knew he blamed her for the death of their father.
He hadn’t said anything; he didn’t need to speak words to remind her of all the ominous signs before her marriage. The memory was there, burning in his eyes and twisted in the hard set of his mouth.MoreLess
Yellow Robe had been screaming for some time now, and her voice cracked on each long sorrowful cry. Blood caked her arms from where she’d scratched herself, and she would occasionally scream and tear at her shorn hair.
Small Bird shuddered. “No more, Mother. No more.” Her mother didn’t respond; she buried her head in her hands and began scratching deep furrows down the sides of her face. Unable to bear any more, Small Bird physically restrained her.
Across the tipi, Lone ...Warrior stared into the glowing embers of the fire. A moment later he glanced up, his face a twisted mask of grief and hate. Though he’d said nothing since laying their father onto his pallet of furs, Small Bird knew he blamed her for the death of their father.
He hadn’t said anything; he didn’t need to speak words to remind her of all the ominous signs before her marriage. The memory was there, burning in his eyes and twisted in the hard set of his mouth.MoreLess
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