Unsettling Ambitions
An uneasy feeling settled over Samantha as she continued reading; the traveler’s intrigue had transformed into a malevolent scheme. Proclamations of fate intertwined with drawings of enclosures and methodical schemes for bait exposed an unwavering, albeit misguided, determination to capture the cub by any means necessary.
Understanding the extent to which the traveler was prepared to go to fulfill his ambition sent a chill down Samantha’s back. The ethical boundaries blurred or blatantly disregarded in his pursuit underscored a troubling lack of concern for the welfare of the animals he purportedly revered.