![]() He could see the concern etched in his face. “Wolf! What do you think you’re doing?” Joris hollered as he strode toward him. Startled gazes shot toward him as they abruptly changed direction. ![]() One way or the other, he needed to find out if Aliyana still lived. He whirled the wheel all the way to the right, turning headlong into a favorable wind. But then again, h e’d seen impossible before in the guise of a lovely witch. For surely he wanted to believe so much that she didn’t perish in Cartagena- Wolf paused and for a moment, he reconsidered the impossible notion. His heart pounded against his chest as he mulled over a possible reason for the strange phenomena. Please don’t leave me…” a heart-wrenching sob followed the mournful wordsĬall him crazy, but those pitiful words sounded as if they drifted into his mind from the west. This time, he could hear her anguish and it matched his own. Those words echoed first inside his mind, and then resounded throughout his entire being. ![]() “Oh, Wolf! You promised you wouldn’t leave me… You promised…” ![]() He shook his head in despair, took in a deep breath of salty air, and slowly released it. Each time the experience renewed his pain. More than once, he fancied he heard the sound of her voice in the billowing breeze. ![]() The fierce wind they’d battled during the storm finally abated. Wolf stood at the helm, his gaze fixed, but not seeing. Wolf must bridge both space and time to claim the ![]()
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