The Godsend Backfire: The Beginning by Harold Straugh (best e reader for academics TXT) 📗

We got out of the boat and first thing that was done, was a fire was made and some meat was cooked.  They ate out of necessity I ate out of boredom, “Where to from here brother?” Mylicious asked as he scarfed down the last bit of meat.

I looked at the land, I knew exactly which direction to head, “We will need horses, or we could just run there ourselves, it would be quicker,” I said.

“No, no need to exhaust ourselves, we will get some horses, we will wait until night fall though and take some,” Mylicious said and grabbed his stomach, “I’m not feeling the best, must have been the Elk.”

I heard his stomach rumble as he walked past Yura and I, in a hurry, “He’s had too much of his drink,” Yura said and smiled.

“That stuff is horrible,” I said.

“I know, I don’t know how he, or anyone else drinks it,” she said and cringed up her face.

We then heard grunting, then splattering, a smell came our noses that was of the upmost horribleness, of smells.  Yura gagged, I wished I could have, but I couldn’t. Mylicious reappeared with sweat on his brow.

“Should we get a move on,” he said, not acknowledging the stench he had released upon us, “I hope no one steals my boat while we are away.”

“I would be okay with it,” I said and smiled.

“It’s warmer here, I’ll have to get used to it,” Yura said.

“Well, if we take you where we are from, it gets warmer, a lot warmer,” Mylicious said.

I didn’t want to mention going to where we were from because I wasn’t for sure if I was going to head back there or not.  Killing Pontius was still on my mind, I just didn’t feel like doing it yet.  The look on Yura’s face though, she was excited to be out and on an adventure.

We walked but a few miles before coming to a town, that I’ve passed through before in my travels.  Unlike last time, it was daylight and people could see us.  I had forgotten to cover up, all except for my eye coverings. I had to have looked odd to them, a man of all white, wearing purple glasses, dressed in foreign clothes.

The people there, for the most part left us alone.  Once my brain deciphered their language, I heard one person ask where we were from, I responded, “All over, we are travelers, we are just passing through.” I left it at that and was left alone.

Their huts were nicely built, stone bases, with wood and hay tops, I thought back to when huts were crude, and the slightest wind could pass through.  I had watched the humans come a long way since I was on Earth.

Yura tried speaking to me and I put my hand up to let her know to stop, giving my brain a second to decipher, then nodded at her, “What did you say?”

“I was saying, it’s interesting you can learn languages so quick. The land you love so much, what language do they speak there?”

“There weren’t many people, if any. I honestly don’t recall seeing a single hut around.” I said.

“That would be fill me with happiness to be the first person to discover a land,” Yura said.

“It does fill you with happiness,” Mylicious said, “I was happy when I found the land of cold.”

“Didn’t you imprison yourself at first?” Yura asked confused.

“Yes, my happiness was short-lived,” he joked.

We walked just outside of the town, where Mylicious wanted to rest until night fall.  There were plenty of woods around and shrubbery and after a few hours of sitting in tall grass, the wildlife started to appear more.

“You know, I don’t remember making a lot of wolves on this side of the ocean. Most people don’t survive the bite and the ones that did survive I believe were hunted down or didn’t want anything to do with me. I thought at first I was offering them a gift,” Mylicious said.

“It’s not a gift, if you force it on them,” I spoke up.

“I know, I learned that over time and when I met Mila and the rest of the pack, I asked them and gave them a choice,” his voice was thick with sorrow.

“What if they said no after you offered? Would you have killed them?” I was stirring up trouble because I was bored.

“What other choice would I have had?” a small growl came from him.

“Glad I didn’t say no,” Yura glared at him after his words.

“You are stirring up trouble brother, be glad you never have to make choices like this, then again, knowing you can’t bring others into your world like Derium and I, must really weigh heavy on your mind,” his word-daggers hit their intended mark, and I shut my mouth. Yura picked up on my hurt and put her hand on my leg.

“At least you don’t have to change me for anything,” she smiled at me while speaking.

“Oh Yura, you act is if he’s sticking around after this,” Mylicious’s word-daggers continued.

“Why does he have to stick around there, maybe it will be I who sticks around with him,” Yura had some word-daggers of her own that shut Mylicious up.

I smiled and looked at Yura, it was nice to have someone on my side from time to time.  It didn’t seem like too much longer that the sun started to set.  Mylicious moved, keeping his steps light. Yura and I followed, also keeping our steps light. They could see a lot better than I could, so I stayed in the back.  It wasn’t but a few steps later that torches began to get lit up around the huts.

There were many huts, with doors that faced us, Mylicious veered away from those and scouted