TO TAME A HAWK
Adrienne swallowed convulsively.
"A falcon must be wooed with relentless and rough love.
By taking away her light, by seeling her, she learns to understand with all her other senses. Senses that don't lie. The falcon is a wise creature, she believes only what she can feel, what she can hold in her talon or her beak. Touch, scent, hearing. By slowly being given back her sight and freedom, she is bound to the hand that restores these things to her. If she fails to trust in her master and doesn't grant him absolute loyalty by the end of her training-she seeks to flee at every opportunity." He paused, his lips a scant breath from hers. "None of my falcons have ever flown my