The Wolf's Heart by Rain Oxford

Author:Rain Oxford [Oxford, Rain]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2018-07-31T22:00:00+00:00

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We headed towards the mountain, where we found a cave much like Cennuth’s. The path led to it and ended with a large stone pole on either side of the path, each twice as tall as me. I aimed my staff inside the cave and the crystal lit up. The cavern inside led to three small tunnels. “This will be easy,” Gmork said. “I can barely fit in those tunnels, so anything that lives here would have to be smaller than me.”

“Unless it is full of giant spiders,” Merlin pointed out. “Remember how small their burrows could be?”

Gmork shuddered. “I remember. I will never forget a dog-sized spider shooting out of a rat-sized hole at my face.”

I noticed that the ground in and around the cave was dirt, not grass, and there were numerous hand-length-wide holes in it. “What do you think those are?” I asked Merlin, pointing them out. He approached one of them, sniffed it, and growled.

“They are nothing I have to worry about,” Gmork said, marching past him. The instant he stepped onto the dirt, thick snakes shot out and flew at his throat and face. I tried to stop them with magic, but their scales reflected magic, so it did nothing. Thanks to Gmork’s incredible speed and thick fur, he was able to shake them and make it back onto the grass unharmed. They stopped attacking then.

“You really showed them,” Merlin said. Gmork snarled at him, but he was clearly bothered.

“Maybe I can go invisible.”

“I suspect these creatures hunt by smell or body heat,” Merlin argued. “Certain species of hive or swarming insects release a sound or scent to cause the rest to attack. This does not appear to be the case because more would have attacked.”

“Unless there are only ten and they made multiple holes,” Gmork said.

“Body heat alone would not likely spark that many to attack at once.”

“What about invisibility and levitation?” I asked.

“There is only one way to find out.” Merlin gestured to Gmork. “Ladies first.”

“Age before beauty,” Gmork retorted.

“Oh, but my soft downy fur cannot withstand their fangs like your coarse, straw-like fur. And you are much better at running away from danger than I am.”

Gmork growled, and Merlin growled back. “I’ll go.”

“No,” Merlin said.

“I will go, but you had better not let me fall,” Gmork grumbled.

I made him invisible, levitated him into the air, and carefully directed him towards the cave. Once again, snakes shot out of the holes, and they weren’t confused by my curse at all; they did everything they could to latch onto him. I pulled him back and dropped him in the grass. The snakes instantly released him and slithered back to their holes.

Gmork panted without getting up. “Are you hurt?”

“I am fine.”

“We are only wasting time and risking our lives at this rate,” Merlin said. “We will return to the village to learn more information about the monster.”

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