The canoes reach the shore. The intruders leap out of their canoes and land on the sand as quiet as the great cats of the northern woods would. A quarter of the moon comes out of the clouds to make a small portion of the beach visible. It was enough for Evan to see who they were. They were the natives from the Island of the Black row. From their look and Armour he could tell that they were renegades, a rotten part of the natives who were hardly welcome by their own tribe, let alone other tribes.
But what do they want in this Island of the white warrior? Suddenly a cold chill ran down his spine. What are they looking for tonight? Money, food or Women? Where is Feona he thinks with terror! He is not afraid of these renegades but there's just too many of them tonight. For the first time he regrets putting down Jonathon's word to move closer to the village. What was he thinking, he scolds himself. He pushes these thoughts away from his mind and tries to concentrate on what those devils were doing. They were breaking twigs off the little bushes near the west end of the beach, and started a small fire soon. He could smell from this far that they were frying goats. God knows from whom they stole these goats.
He just sits and prays that they don't notice their small cottage at the east end just below the big trees. Suddenly his heart jumps in his chest as he watches one of them pointing towards the place he is hiding. He becomes still, just like the shadow of the tree. He remembers the lessons his grandfather the white eagle taught him about the shadow and invisibility art by being one and all with the nature. He could hear his own heart beating....thud thud thud! He wonders if the sound could be heard all the way down where the renegades were!
But they just sat down and finished their meal silently. Then with relief he watches them bury the remains of the fire in the sand and head towards their canoe. Evan feels his tensed muscles loosen up as he watched them rear their canoes into the water. But hold on!! Why aren't they going back towards their Island on the south-east course? They seem to be going towards the west side of the Island. But that side is full of rocks and low mountains. He shrugs to himself and thinks, who cares as long as they are gone from their area! Then he remembers Feona is alone at the house and God knows what she is doing!
He sprints toward the cottage and opens the door quickly. He calls out loudly "Feonaa!!" "Feonaaaa!" he screams again. No answer. The house seems so quiet. The silence strikes him like a hammer. Where is she? He runs to the bedroom and watches with horror..............
To be continued............
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