Lusa grieved for him, too, but she clung to the certainty that it hadn't been the end of Ujurak's life, not really. Their friend had died saving them from an avalanche. He looked exhausted, but Lusa knew that exhaustion was not what made his steps drag and kept his eyes on his paws and his shoulders hunched. Toklo plodded along at the front of the little group, his head down. But he was striding along resolutely beside Kallik, his unusual red-shaded pelt glowing in the sunrise, and he didn't look back. The bears of Star Island were his family, yet he had chosen to leave them so that he could be with Kallik.
Lusa wondered if Yakone was feeling regret, too. Her home lay among trees, green leaves, and sun-warmed grass, a long, long way from this place of ice and wind as sharp as claws. Good-bye, she thought, with a twinge of regret that she would never see them again. The outlines of the white bears who lived there were growing smaller with each pawstep. Glancing over her shoulder, Lusa saw the low hills of Star Island looming dark beneath the mauve clouds. And a new journey lay ahead: a journey that would take them back home. Ujurak had gone, but Yakone, a white bear from Star Island, had joined Lusa, Kallik, and Toklo. She didn't belong hereâno black bears didâyet here she was, walking confidently onto the frozen ocean beside a brown bear and two white bears. Ice stretched ahead of her, flat, sparkly white, unchanging as far as the horizon. Special thanks to Cherith Baldry CONTENTSĮxcerpt from Seekers: Return to the Wild Book 2: The Melting SeaĮxcerpt from Warriors: Omen of the Stars Book 5: The Forgotten WarriorĮxcitement tingled through Lusa's paws as she padded down the snow-covered beach.
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