I try not to do this too often.....
“I want to go!” Sittchuk-Seth’s silver plumy tail lashed back and forth.
His jaw tightened his expression obstinate.
His father Thut sat upon his throne. His beautiful russet paws rested on
the burnished gold arms of the regal chair, his expression both indulgent and
annoyed. “What say you, Furrlin, shall we take this whelp of mine?” he asked
the soothsayer.
Furrlin padded over to the blue crystal ball that stood in the corner
near the throne. Standing on his hind legs, he rested his front paws on the
crystal. The interior of the globe began to stir, to roll and flash in a prism
of color. Furrlin stared unblinking into the ball as the blinding colors
flashed. After a long moment, the storm of colors receded and once more lay
dormant.
“Well,” demanded Thut.
Furrlin turned and shrugged. “His destiny is already written. Do what you
will.” He dropped to his four paws and padded back to the king.
“What in the name of the Goddess kind of answer is that?”
“The kind you get from a soothsayer, my lord.” Tiaa, his beautiful queen, put her paw over
his and leaned toward him from her throne. “You promised, my lord. He would not
accompany you into battle until he was a year of age.” For a moment, her paw
tightened on his and anguish shown out of her beautiful amber eyes. “He is our
only child. I can bear no other.”
“Mother, other Odin Cats fight at six months, should their future king
not be at their side?” Pacing back and forth across the smooth stone floor, Sittchuk-Seth
stopped at the window. He rose on his hind legs to stick his head out the stone
window embrasure and smell the clean salt air from the sea. He inhaled, drawing
air deep into his belly. The massive castle reminded him of a velvet-lined
prison. He yearned to fight his first battle against man and dogs, to flirt
with pretty Odin Cats and ferals. Instead, he was confined to this dark gray
castle that jutted on a scree of boulders, with the ocean singing its siren
song far below.
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