Six Sentence Stories – The Call

February 18, 2016 Off By Lisa

He stood at the edge of the field, thinking about what he must do, but focused on her.

“What you’re doing is right,” she assured him, “and don’t ever believe anything different.”

Here in the earliest moments of day the breeze lifted her hair, suspending the auburn tresses in flight against a golden dawn. She smiled the way she always did and he felt her touch on his arm, felt her calm, quiet strength move across his skin, through his veins, and into his heart, giving him the courage he needed to leave.

 

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He stood rooted to earth, held by her eyes until she faded with the mist and the dew, her image replaced by the sound of a horn.

Battle call…he marched into the fray.

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This has been a Six Sentence Story.

Six Sentence

Each week, the lovely and talented Ivy Walker hosts a link-up challenging writers to spin a tale in six sentences – no more, no less. Click on the link right here to find out more and link your own post. While you’re there, click on the blue frog button to find more stories from some wonderful storytellers.

This week’s prompt was FRAY.