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stare out the window for hours, not
moving from the seat as they rode down the road, not talking, not
doing anything. When they would stop, she would often go off alone.
Tink really didn’t know what happened just that Hannah had escaped
the kidnappers and spent ten days in the jungle. Her parents never
talked about it with her or Tansy. They said it was at Hannah’s
request that they didn’t.
“ She is awake?” Borj asked looking up
from the magazine he was looking through.
Cosmos couldn’t help the small grin that
curved his lips. In order to get a few minutes alone with Hannah,
Cosmos had dug out his teenage collection of Penthouse, Playboy,
and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition magazines. He may have been
shy around the girls but that didn’t mean he didn’t like to look at
them. Borj had never seen anything like them and Cosmos couldn’t
help but laugh as he eyes got bigger and bigger with each edition.
Borj didn’t even realize Cosmos was gone until he came back
down.
Borj was frowning as he looked at one
centerfold. “My Hannah is not in any of these, is she? I would have
to kill you and every male who looked at her otherwise.” Borj said
holding the picture of Miss November up.
Cosmos bit back a laugh. “No, I really don’t
think you will find Hannah in any of those types of magazines. I do
have a few magazines that you will find her in, though.” Cosmos
added mischievously.
Borj’s head jerked up and his face darkened
threateningly. “Show me!” He gritted out between his teeth.
Cosmos opened a cabinet that contained Tink’s
collection of her sister’s work. Wildlife, Times, National
Geographic, WWW, and others contained pictures and articles about
Hannah from the time she was six until her most recent interview
last year after she was wounded when one of the countries she was
in exploded with violence. She won international recognition with
her depiction of the damage done to humans, wildlife, and the
environment.
Cosmos set the magazines down in front of
Borj and watched him carefully as he opened each magazine. He
wanted to see Borj’s reaction to Hannah’s work. It was obvious her
love of the outdoors and her compassion for the things she
photographed.
Borj felt a wave of fury flood him when
Cosmos first told him Hannah was in a ‘magazine’. Since the
documents Cosmos gave him first were his only experience with human
media, he thought they would all be the same. But, the images he
was looking at now took his breath away. He looked at the pictures
Cosmos explained Hannah took. There was a family of huge, black
hair creatures grouped together in what looked like a dense jungle.
One creature had a blaze of silver across its back and was studying
the smaller group. Another showed large herds of another creature
jumping through water while huge predators grabbed for them. Each
was more spectacular than the next. When Cosmos handed him another
article, he saw Hannah and a dark-skinned male standing next to
each other smiling.
“ That’s Abasi. He works with Hannah
when she does her African shoots.” Cosmos was saying.
Borj nodded not feeling threatened as he
could see the love in the male’s eyes but nothing stating he was
possessive of Hannah. Borj made a choked sound when he came to the
pictures of some of the atrocities Hannah photographed. The next
few photographs on the opposite page were not Hannah’s but of
Hannah. The male, Abasi, had his arms around her and she was
covered in blood.
“ Tell me what this says.” Borj choked
out as he ran his finger over the photograph of Hannah’s face lined
in pain. He let his finger run down to the image of her shirt, torn
with blood coating the front.
Cosmos cleared his throat as he read the
caption under the photograph.
Internationally Renowned Wildlife
Photographer Wounded
Hannah Bell, an internationally award
winning wildlife photographer was wounded during a recent
revolution in Chad. Bell, known more for her photographs
moving from the seat as they rode down the road, not talking, not
doing anything. When they would stop, she would often go off alone.
Tink really didn’t know what happened just that Hannah had escaped
the kidnappers and spent ten days in the jungle. Her parents never
talked about it with her or Tansy. They said it was at Hannah’s
request that they didn’t.
“ She is awake?” Borj asked looking up
from the magazine he was looking through.
Cosmos couldn’t help the small grin that
curved his lips. In order to get a few minutes alone with Hannah,
Cosmos had dug out his teenage collection of Penthouse, Playboy,
and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition magazines. He may have been
shy around the girls but that didn’t mean he didn’t like to look at
them. Borj had never seen anything like them and Cosmos couldn’t
help but laugh as he eyes got bigger and bigger with each edition.
Borj didn’t even realize Cosmos was gone until he came back
down.
Borj was frowning as he looked at one
centerfold. “My Hannah is not in any of these, is she? I would have
to kill you and every male who looked at her otherwise.” Borj said
holding the picture of Miss November up.
Cosmos bit back a laugh. “No, I really don’t
think you will find Hannah in any of those types of magazines. I do
have a few magazines that you will find her in, though.” Cosmos
added mischievously.
Borj’s head jerked up and his face darkened
threateningly. “Show me!” He gritted out between his teeth.
Cosmos opened a cabinet that contained Tink’s
collection of her sister’s work. Wildlife, Times, National
Geographic, WWW, and others contained pictures and articles about
Hannah from the time she was six until her most recent interview
last year after she was wounded when one of the countries she was
in exploded with violence. She won international recognition with
her depiction of the damage done to humans, wildlife, and the
environment.
Cosmos set the magazines down in front of
Borj and watched him carefully as he opened each magazine. He
wanted to see Borj’s reaction to Hannah’s work. It was obvious her
love of the outdoors and her compassion for the things she
photographed.
Borj felt a wave of fury flood him when
Cosmos first told him Hannah was in a ‘magazine’. Since the
documents Cosmos gave him first were his only experience with human
media, he thought they would all be the same. But, the images he
was looking at now took his breath away. He looked at the pictures
Cosmos explained Hannah took. There was a family of huge, black
hair creatures grouped together in what looked like a dense jungle.
One creature had a blaze of silver across its back and was studying
the smaller group. Another showed large herds of another creature
jumping through water while huge predators grabbed for them. Each
was more spectacular than the next. When Cosmos handed him another
article, he saw Hannah and a dark-skinned male standing next to
each other smiling.
“ That’s Abasi. He works with Hannah
when she does her African shoots.” Cosmos was saying.
Borj nodded not feeling threatened as he
could see the love in the male’s eyes but nothing stating he was
possessive of Hannah. Borj made a choked sound when he came to the
pictures of some of the atrocities Hannah photographed. The next
few photographs on the opposite page were not Hannah’s but of
Hannah. The male, Abasi, had his arms around her and she was
covered in blood.
“ Tell me what this says.” Borj choked
out as he ran his finger over the photograph of Hannah’s face lined
in pain. He let his finger run down to the image of her shirt, torn
with blood coating the front.
Cosmos cleared his throat as he read the
caption under the photograph.
Internationally Renowned Wildlife
Photographer Wounded
Hannah Bell, an internationally award
winning wildlife photographer was wounded during a recent
revolution in Chad. Bell, known more for her photographs
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