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Across Lives Part 23
(Photo by Pixabay) There were huts on the riverbank, long, narrow boats rested along the shoreline where docks had been erected, and dozens of people moved about. At first none of them seemed to notice the raft but pretty soon they began to point and stare with interest. A small boy ran to the end…
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Across Lives Part 22
(Photo by Pixabay) Nis had been sitting in silence on the raft for the better part of the morning. Patience End came into view as the sun reached the highest point in the sky. The narrower fork of the river was swift but shallow and there were boulders and logs that might catch and stall…
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Across Lives Part 21
(Photo by Özümcan Akın) Nis kept a wary eye on Trow. She expected him to awaken with a start but when he did begin to show signs of waking all he did was let out a few groans of pain. After a few minutes of him slipping in and out of consciousness, Trow rolled over…
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Across Lives Part 20
(Photo by Tristan Pokornyi) Nis tried to escape, to break free from whoever it was that had attacked her. The sack over her head, however, was cinched shut around her neck and strong hands forced Nis’ hands behind her back. Try as she might, Nis was powerless to stop her assailant from tying her wrists,…
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Across Lives 19
(Photo by Ankush Rathi) Night fell on their first day of rafting. Nis and Meric dropped their anchor into the water and felt the tug as it caught and held them in place. Nis had steered them close enough to the bank that they were able to tie a few ropes from the raft to…
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Across Lives Part 18
(Photo by Sindre Strøm) Gray light filtered down through the shelter Nis had built the night before. It was still very early in the morning and well before sunrise but Nis was wide awake. Songbirds were in the trees calling to one another and for a while Nis was content to just lie there and…
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Across Lives Part 17
(Photo by Nafan Faizal) Patience was not as wide or as swift as Fools Fall. The banks of the river were thick with tall grasses, willowy trees, and driftwood that lay concealed among the plants, all of which made for good materials to use in constructing a raft. From what Nis could remember, Mel would…
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Across Lives Part 16
(Photo by Pixabay) Fools Fall was bitter cold when Nis stepped into it. Both she and Meric hesitated after every step, gasping as they fought to control themselves so as not to make more noise than was necessary. The night was still young and they were hoping to make it all the way to Patience…
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Across Lives Part 15
(Photo by Didarul Islam) The two trackers made camp with practiced speed, unrolling what appeared to sheets of canvas that they tied and staked in place, using tree limbs for the higher anchor points. Neither of them spoke while they worked, clearly having done this enough times that they knew what the other would need…
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Across Lives Part 14
(Photo by Francesco Ungaro) Nis was pretty sure that she was being followed. Of the three days that she’d been hiking across the mountains, twice she’d seen what looked like campfire smoke. It was hard to tell for certain since it was only in the evenings when it was still too light out to see…
Bridge of Broken Glass
Stories from my mind that won't be quiet
