Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #14 May 2015 | Page 76

His arms crossed over his chest. “You are losing your
temper more often lately.”

to go through with this, you might as well have a plan.
So, what is it?”

“I have it under control!” She snapped. Taking a deep
breath she muttered. “I have it under control.” Though
she wasn’t sure.

Sighing Angwenth plopped into the chair. “I need to
stop it. Destroy it. Figure out who’s running the dog
fights and bring it to an end.”

The bloodline on her father’s side had always had
a horrible temper. Anger would flare and take over.
Their blood would seem to boil, their hearts race, as
the rage took over and made sure whatever angered
the host would be their main concern until it was taken
care of. At first Angwenth only lost her temper when
something dangerous happened or when someone’s
life was in jeopardy. Now it was at least once a day.
Today? Twice.

Grey nodded. “And how do you plan on,” he used air
quotes, “stopping it?”

If Grey caught her bluff he didn’t push her. He was
sitting again, sipping at his tea like nothing had happened. “You know you shouldn’t go out there. It’s
dangerous.” He sipped his drink again. “Plus, it’s
dirty.”

He shook his head. “No, they would be more sneaky.
You need more information darling.”

“Find them and kick their asses. Simple.” She stated
as if it was obvious.
“What would that accomplish?” He asked.
Angwenth sighed. “They’d stop.”

With a groan she ran her fingers through her untamed
hair. “You’re right.” It tasted bad in her mouth to say
it out loud. “Maybe I can go search around. See what I
learn, then make a plan.”

Angwenth shrugged and didn’t meet his eyes. “I’ve
been out there before, there isn’t anything I can’t
handle.”

She was greeted with a smile. “Fantastic idea darling!
Would you like company?”

“This is different and you know it. You’re upset, and
you have no idea where their camp is located. Evanui’
Edra is the worst forest to go in throughout all of
Evanui’ Austri.” Grey’s voice was edged with fear.
He was right, though Angwenth would never admit it
out loud. Evanui’ Austri’s lush forests were beautiful
and calm from a distance but inside lurked dangers
that some men didn’t even see in their nightmares.
Of the three forests, Evanui’ Edra, Evanui’ Hild and
Evanui’ Therea, Edra was the most dangerous and had
the most known deaths to date. That had yet to stop
her from going into the forest to have freedom and be
away from the people in her village.

Angwenth gave him a smirk and raised a brow. “You
want to go in the forest? Weren’t you just telling me
how dangerous,” she let out a soft chuckle, “and dirty
it is?”
Offering a warm smile he shrugged his shoulder. “I
knew you would refuse either way. All I have to gain
is the joy of your company.”
With a shake of her head. “Well thank you for the offer
but I must decline. I need to do this on my own.”

She didn’t admit this to Grey either. “I can handle it.”
With a soft sigh he nodded, probably realizing there
was no hope in arguing with her. “You get your stubbornness from your dad, I’m sure.” Then he placed his
cup on the table. “If you’re going to be stupid enough

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The forest was eerily quiet. It was still dark out, the
only animals awake seemed to be the owls. Angwenth
had decided to come out to the forest tonight, since
sleep was being fickle and refused to stay long enough
to do any good. Whenever she grew tired her thoughts
wandered back to the note making her bloo