The Grandmother With Enormous Eyes by A G Marshall

Author:A G Marshall [Marshall, A G]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avanell Publishing
Published: 2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00

Moonlight filled the room, and a spasm rocked Matilda’s body. She dropped the pen as memories and magic overcame her.

A wolf and two humans dead in the snow. Matilda smelled the blood long before she found them. She couldn’t help the low whine that escaped her throat when she saw her daughter’s body. That sound roused the baby, and the young wolf whimpered. Matilda hurried over to her granddaughter and sniffed. The cub was injured as well. What had happened? Matilda knew her daughter would never attack humans without cause. Had the humans attacked her?

It was always dangerous to hunt in new territory, but they had been desperate for prey. And humans rarely bothered wolves. Had they threatened the baby? That would have been reason enough for her daughter to fight.

The baby needed help. Her injuries were beyond what the pack healer could treat, and she wouldn’t survive the journey to him.

Matilda stared for a moment, blinking her enormous golden eyes at the moonlight sparkling on the snow. She smelled other humans nearby. A village. There would be a doctor there.

But the baby was too young to handle the magic. If she shifted now, she would never turn back to a wolf. She would be human for the rest of her life.

If she didn’t shift now, the rest of her life wouldn’t be very long.

Matilda gathered her magic and began to change. Moonlight brightened into a white glow around her. As soon as her paws turned into hands, she picked up the wolf cub and wrapped her granddaughter in the magic as well. Their teeth flattened. Their ears pulled in towards their heads. Their eyes shrank and dimmed.

The smell of humans faded, but Matilda knew which way to go. Her fur had turned into a dress in the transformation, but the baby was naked. Matilda removed the dead woman’s bright red headscarf and wrapped it around her granddaughter. It was speckled with blood, but the color hid the stains.

Red. The doctor would expect a human baby to have a human name. Matilda tried to think of something else, but the color filled her senses. Red would have to do.

She hurried through the moonlit snow, not slowing down when an enormous wolf with a gray muzzle joined her. The light around him began to brighten, but Matilda shook her head.

“The pack needs you, dearest.”

He whimpered. Matilda patted his head.

“Of course I’ll miss you, and I’ll rejoin you as soon as I’m able. As soon as our granddaughter is established and can take care of herself.”

Matilda’s mate stared at her with gleaming yellow eyes. Then he nodded once and melted into the forest. Matilda saw lights from the village twinkling in the distance and began to run.

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