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[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] as if Cade presented a danger. That damned cat. Wild Heart senses I m upset. It was the same with Night Fox and Iron Man. None of the horses wanted anything to do with him. It made his day a complete hell. Lee s betrayal came at a time when the tingling in Cade s hands and feet was worsening and, discouraged by their rift and the energy it took to keep his symptoms a secret, he traveled to the nearest town with a major medical center to see a physician as soon as he could. The smooth young face of the Japanese doctor was serious and thoughtful as he sat down with Cade in his office. Cade tensed, expecting bad news. You re a real puzzle, Mr. Montana. Your tests are all negative, and I can t find anything physically wrong with you. Neither can the neurologist. I can only suggest a wait-and-see approach here. If your symptoms continue to worsen or change, come back to me. Cade went home, his mood sour because they d found nothing to at least improve if not cure what was happening to him. 35 TWILIGHT * * * The estrangement from Lee was breaking Cade s heart, but the wound was too raw and he lacked the drive to mend it. Horrible dreams that grew increasingly more vivid and frightening sapped his strength as the weeks went by. However, one night his grandfather appeared to him dressed in full Lakota regalia in a dream. He didn t speak, just gestured with his hand, summoning Cade home. Cade wakened in a cold sweat and flung the covers off to stand upright and shivering beside his bed. The man who had nurtured him after his drunken father had driven himself and Cade s mother off a cliff to their deaths, was dying. Cade knew that as surely as he knew his degree of Native blood. Leaving the ranch in Mark s hands, he drove to the nearest airport and flew to Montana. There he rented a truck and drove to the reservation at Fort Rock. At the entrance to the res, the sign reading You Are Now Entering The Sovereign Nation Of The Lakota People created a strange twist in his chest. Conflicting memories of happy, carefree times with his cousins running free, riding bareback, hunting in the forest that came right down to the river s edge or fishing in its waters, and of poverty, illness, too much alcohol and soul-deep grief intertwined. Poverty and drunkenness were still rampant here, a res without a casino to enrich tribal members. Knowing how cramped his grandfather s house was, and that it would be filled with the smells of Lakota sickness treatments he chose not to inhale all night, he rented a room in the reservation s only hotel. After he d taken his bag to his room and washed up, he drove to his grandfather s place. As he pulled up and killed the 36 TWILIGHT truck s motor in front of the modest whitewashed house,, fear mingled with all the other feelings. His grandfather might be dying, but instinct told him that wouldn t be the end of the sorrow. The smell of burnt cedar stung his nostrils as he knocked and entered the home. The elders had smudged, wrapping a bundle of small cedar branches and leaves tight, then lighting the end and blowing them out to create smoke. The belief in the cleansing and healing power in its smoke was ancient, and they confirmed his fears about his grandfather s health. His cousin Flying Hawk, the oldest son of one of his father s brothers, rose from a chair and greeted him. Dressed in slacks and a gray pullover sweater, he looked like the geology professor he was at a nearby university, although he still lived here. Cade, I m glad you came. Your grandfather s in the bedroom and he ll be happy to see you. The tribal leaders and the shaman came to visit him today. He has something very important to tell you. Cade saw how much more weather-worn and thin his grandfather s face had become since he d last seen him, and guilt that he hadn t spent more time here after all his father s father had done for him caused a bitter taste in his mouth. He grasped his grandfather s almost skeletal hand and greeted him in their native tongue before pulling a chair up beside his bed. Rides Like The Wind, his grandfather said, using Cade s [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |