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Achak

I’m heading towards my brother Tyee house with this feeling that something  is coming.

I’ve always had premonitions, but, for the first time in my life, signs are not clear. The foreign girl must have arrived right now.  I warned him not to hire someone who’s not one of us. A woman from our tribe could have taken care of my niece, but Aquene,  my sister-in-law, wants her daughter to have a spirit that is open to the whole world, to cultures different  from ours.

We are Ottawas. We are a powerful Native American tribe, but Aquene has chosen a French girl to take care of her daughter. As if our culture wasn’t rich enough, with all the spirits that watch over us and  talk to us.

My knowledge is big, I feel them all, hence my name. It’ s one of my gifts, I feel all the spirits of my people, from the Great Manitou to Corbeau, and some of them talk to me in my sleep or in my prayers. Now today, I know that something important is going to happen, something that is going to upset  my people, but I’m not able to identify the nature of this sign. Is it a danger or a blessing ? Why don’t spirits come to help me protect my people ? They’ve never been so unclear and silent. Did we disappoint them ? The knot in my stomach confirms  that something important, maybe even crucial, is going to happen. Now our tribe has not been involved in any conflict with any clan around since ages and our business is thriving. The only change is the arrival of the French girl. It has to do with  her. I’m not against people from outside Manitoulin. I would be an hypocrite  as I mainly  live on tourism. But I’m suspicious towards people who come to stay on our island. When someone leaves his country, it’s because he’s escaping from something. I need to know what this young girl is escaping and  how much her arrival is going  to affect my tribe.

When I arrive I just take the time to greet my brother and then I go straight to the point that led me there.

– Where is the foreign girl ?

– Good morning to you too, Achak. Did you sleep well ?

He’s lucky to be my brother and the boss of the tribe, because I wouldn’t have been in the mood to tolerate this sarcasm with another guy. I answer  containing my  frustration.

– Don’t make fun of me.

– Aiyanna is helping her to move in her room.

She’s just arrived and my niece is already at her feet.  Don’t let her unpack her things too fast. If I have any doubt about her, I’ll  send her back on the first plane with no regrets.

– I wanna see her. I feel she’s bringing problems.

– Stop being in a bad disposition, Achak. This nanny looks great, she has a great feeling with your niece, and that’s no small deal, as you know, and the kid is in a hurry to spend some time with her, so calm down.

I grumble in dissatisfaction. I will be the sole judge of this intrusion in our lives and he knows it.

– Get back your claws, Achak.

I had not even realised they had come out. I never lose control of my animal in normal times. This is one more proof that something unusual is gonna happen.

– I’ m gonna introduce her to you, so you stop worrying, and after that you’ll have the time to play with your niece.

My brother leaves me alone at the bottom of the stairs of his house and I take the opportunity to get back inside.

Something intrigues me immediately, a perfume in the air that I cannot identify.

My lynx stays on the surface, on the lookout. It wanna trace this smell back to its origin without waiting. Strange ! My sense of smell is not made for hunting, just for recognising the territories of the pack, then wyh is my  feline confirming  that this perfume is important, that it’s part of the clan ?

I’m still lost in my thoughts when Tyee comes with the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. I’ m breathless. She’s dressed in simple slim jeans that highlight her long legs and in a cachemire jumper that tightens her chest.  She’s amazing with her pale skin, her big innocent brown eyes and long hair of the same colour that brush against her lower back. I imagine her in my arms, the contrast of her supple and light body against mine, my fingers passing through her long chocolate hair while we’re talking after making love. But what is happening ? I never reacted so violently in front of the opposite sex. I’m not lacking  conquests, far from it. I have an athletic body that cause lustful looks and, considering the position I have in the clan,  I can say  I’m not lacking  propositions. But they’ re always just sexual relationships whereas now I feel a different need, an attraction of both spirit and body.

It takes me some moment to realise that Tyee  is frowning while looking at me, waiting for me to react.  I was indeed frozen for a moment, in front of such a beauty. I scrape my throat to avoid  drooling in front of this goddes descended from the sky  and I reach out my hand to introduce myself :

– Goodmorning, I’m Achak, Tyee’s brother.

– Isabelle, she says, taking my hand.

Her smooth voice and her soft skin make me shiver, but that’s nothing compared to the effect of her perfume. A wave of wild flowers pour into my nostrils. My lynx, usually so calm, scratches my skin to get free. It wants to meet this woman and rub against her body. I can hardly control it. The truth that the lynx is crying inside my head hits me with the strenght of a bison. This woman is the second half of my soul, the person that I’m gonna love and honour until the end of my life. She’s my partner, no doubt about it. As a shapeshifter, it’s a phenomenon that I can feel clearly  throughout my body and I cannot control it. That’s why my spirits left me in the ignorance,  to prevent the fear of the unknown or my prejudice towards foreigners from  giving me the chance to run away from my destiny. Once we meet our partner, she becomes our universe, nothing is more important than her. I can’t  help looking at her. I’d like to eat her up and my lynx encourages me to do so. Besides, the spirits had nothing to worry about,  I have no fear, I accept my destiny with gratitude. Destiny has sent me a real princess and I’m gonna treat her as such. All I have to do is to make her mine.