07-09-2009, 10:30 PM
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| http://digital-bonsai.com/katew/temp/gabetop.jpg); background-position:top center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:fixed; padding-top:216px; padding-left:9px; padding-right:9px; padding-bottom:9px;"> The call pulled the doggish Aquila from his night-patrol, and sent him due east of his original course. It surprised him to hear Enigma’s voice on the wind, in part because the boy had not yet shown the initiative his sister and brother had—indeed, Gabriel had not seen much of the golden hybrid since he had joined. Even though Jael was the most obvious hybrid of the trio, there was potential in that vision, much as he saw with Anselm. Should Inferni one day look nothing like coyotes it would be peculiar, but the wolf blood gave them power, like it or not. What startled Gabriel was not that his nephew was hiding off in the bushes nearby (his smell betrayed him), but that his golden brother was waiting at the borders. He approached without hesitation, studying Molochai with his mother’s imposing eyes, and knew that something had happened. It was blatantly obvious, even though he had not seen his brother since directly after the fire. “I should have expected you would have come back after she did,” he said lowly, tone neither surprised nor chiding. “I take it you met our nephew,” he added, and shot a glance towards the shadows where the boy lingered. |