From here forward, he vowed, he would choose
life over spiritual death, love over fear. This life was the only one
he knew, his mind and heart the only guides he would ever have in it.
And as he half-tearfully dried himself, he felt moved as he rarely had
been. He went down on his knees, clutched his hands before him, and
said to the nameless God.
'Thank you for my life.'
Again the two made love, and for Kalus the beauty and release were no
less than on their first such communion. Sylviana knew only warmth and
pleasure and affection, and as she drew him near, rejoiced to feel the
life and strength that were in him, even now.
And in the heart and essence of their love, was the essence of true God:
the Universal, and unnamable spirit within all Life.
Chapter 29
The tiger padded silently through the forest, eyes and ears keen for any
sign of game. The hunger in his stomach drove him, as well as the
hunger of his heart. His hind leg, he knew, was not up to an extended
chase. But stalk he could, and hunt he must. The man-child fed him and
gave him shelter, but more and more his restlessness grew. For he was a
creature of the wild forests, and he heard their primal call. Even now,
amidst the cover of thickening pine and mottled oak, he felt yet too
exposed, and longed to plunge into some limitless wood where clearing
and field were the exception, and not the rule.
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