THE PAST PLAQUE

econds from behind.She continued to smile and began to drag herself along the forest f

mother as I stepped to the side.Mommy, you

.I'll join you for a moment.She made a chiding sound as I just

leave my mother unprotected and wounded in the open.I immediately felt safer because of the snug but comfort

, I had to ask her the questions I had been thinking

hook her head.Honey, let's forget about that.All

nt to know.Despite the fact that I am not

very persistent woman?I would say that you got that from me, but knowing how your father

is he?"As I said the w

recall ever having witnessed my mother cry before this.I had never felt anything like the emotion tha

hed.While she had been the one consoling me prior, presently I was the one taking on that job.I didn't know if I was doing a good job, but whe

n mind.Keep in mind who we were:happy.Put the fear and the chase behind you.Now,

e to forget as she sucked in a strangled breath.Mommy!"A

ove you, Catherine."She had ice-cold lips.Happiness never fades.She stop

bed one of her hands and began to squeeze it, I pleaded with her in a desperate whisper

it was getting closer every second.It was without a shadow of a doubt the wolves

aware that going back the way we came was pointless.I wasn't old enough to even consider traversing the gorge.I could only continue moving in the same dir

for me to understand what they were saying, I could make out some faint shouting.I was unable to stay to

the log, I exhaled, "I love you."Her hair fell all over her fac

the trees, the now audibl

spilled down my face and obscured my vision, however I shook my head now and again to clean them up.Now that I was in wolf

rough the evergreens and fantasizing about sunsets would no longer be possible.I would be fleeing them like they were on fire