Interlude 2.15: Lions mother part 3

-Break-

"Hey Charles, where are we going?"

"Some place where you can rest."

"But won't we get in trouble?"

"Don't think about that now just leave the rest to me."

Following my words Charles slumps his head on my shoulder and when he does, I can still feel that he is hot. I need to move quickly.

After a little bit of walking, I stop and say, "The air here is pretty good and it is not too warm or cold. I think it will do nicely."

Dropping Charles I say, "You can sleep for a bit."

"But isn't it still daytime?"

"Don't worry about that just trust me."

"Ok," Charles says as he closes his eyes.

Sitting down next to a tree watching Charles I let my thoughts run wild.

He isn't as alert as usual because if he was he would have definitely stopped me from doing this. In all honesty, staring at Charles right now is terrifying, the fact that this boy could be rendered so weak is shocking.

I guess in a way I thought him indestructible like my father, a boy with no limits whose strength and endurance