Makadewaandegekek H

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“Death's Embrace” by Makadewaandegekek H

Submitted to Contest #232

Death’s Embrace“You can’t save her Adrian… it’s the death mark.” Ignoring his fellow thief’s rebuke, Adrian continued to gently wipe the sweat from his sleeping twin’s brow; her fever was growing worse. Softly, haltingly, he half sang the enchanted words of healing under his breath, secrets he’d stolen from the temple's priest, though he knew they would only delay the inevitable, and not stop it, prolonging his sister’s agony, if no cure was found.He’d been so proud of his magic too, for what other boy of thirteen and a half summers could cl...

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Makadewaandegekek translated as Black Hawk in English is a proud member of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, and an avid reader and aspiring author!