Cry Of The Wild – Catherine Anderson

“If I was able to yell.” Sam stood. Though she was tall for a woman, Crysta’s head barely cleared his shoulder. And after their tussle in the woods, both of them knew he had the advantage physically. Sam decided to challenge her pride. “Running scared, Crysta? Maybe you’re not as much like Derrick as I thought.” Her chin shot up, and her eyes flared.

“Lead the way.” Sam did, painfully aware that she wasn’t about to turn her back on him. A LOG SHIFTED in the grate, sending up a spray of sparks. Crysta, who had settled herself onto the sofa and was waiting for Sam to speak, stared at the fireplace, hands clasped in her lap, spine rigid, trying, unsuccessfully, to appear relaxed. Sam sat in the recliner, arms braced on his knees, shoulders forward, feet planted wide, looking ready to jump up at any second.

After their wrestling match in the woods that morning, she had no delusions. Sam was big, strong and fast. If he should leap at her, she didn’t stand a chance of escaping him. “I don’t know where to start,” he said. The sudden sound of his voice in the brittle silence made Crysta jerk. He cast her a knowing glance. “Why not start with the quarrel between you and Derrick?”

His mouth tightened. “That’s peripheral to the entire situation.” “So you say.” His eyes narrowed. “If you must know, it was about Tip. Like you, your brother has an irritating habit of interfering, and I told him so. We had words. End of subject.” “Not the end of your friendship?” “Our friendship was as strong as ever. It wasn’t the first time we’ve gotten into it over Tip, and pray God it won’t be the last. Friends can agree to disagree, Crysta.” Crysta took a moment to digest this new tidbit of information.

“Am I right in assuming that the argument was over Tip’s artistic talent? It’s the only thing I’ve come anywhere close to interfering in.” “With a bang,” he amplified, shooting her another look, this one bordering on a glare. “You have Tip all but ready to pack his bags and head for the big city.”

“He asked me a question. I told him the truth. Should I have lied?” “The truth as you see it. He’s my son. I know better than anyone else what he’s been through, and I know what’s waiting for him out there.

A crackling noise made Crysta whirl to look behind her Footsteps? Frustrated by the low rushing sound of the river, she strained to hear, eyes scanning the woods for movement, heart racing, senses bombarded. One word bounced off the walls of her mind. Bears. Still, if there was anything as big as a grizzly out there, surely she would see it.

Or hear it. Wouldn’t she? She listened for a few seconds, flinching when leaves, caught by the wind, rustled overhead. Nothing. Whatever she had heard, it was gone now. She hoped. She ran across a stretch of marshy grass and back into the brush, darting right and left through the maze of undergrowth. Finally, she was safe. Then a towering dark form loomed above her, like a predator coming in for the kill .

. . . ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alaska has always been a dream destination for Catherine Anderson and her family. Although she hasn’t achieved her dream yet, her brother-in-law provided reams of videotape that proved to be inspiration for Cry of the Wild. She also had behind- the-scenes help from her son John, an Alaska fanatic. Catherine lives with her husband and two sons in Roseburg, Oregon.

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