The Call of the Wild / Kallið í villidýrinu

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He staggered still trying to hold off the cold bite of death.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hann staulaðist enn að reyna að halda aftur af sér kalda bit dauðans.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He had seen this before but always from the winning side.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hann hafði séð þetta áður en alltaf frá sigurvegaranum.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Now he was on the losing side; the defeated; the prey; death.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Nú var hann á taparahliðinni; ósigraði; bráðin; dauði.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Buck circled for the final blow the ring of dogs pressed closer.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Buck hringdi í kringum sig til að hljóta síðasta höggið hundahringurinn þrýsti sér nær.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He could feel their hot breaths; ready for the kill.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hann fann heitan andardrátt þeirra; tilbúin til dráps.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A stillness fell; all was in its place; time had stopped.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Þögn sló á; allt var á sínum stað; tíminn hafði stöðvast.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Even the cold air between them froze for one last moment.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Jafnvel kalda loftið á milli þeirra fraus í eina síðustu stund.</span></p><p></p>