Lisa Edmonds - 05 Heart of Shadows by Lisa Edmonds

Author:Lisa Edmonds [Edmonds, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781949090765
Publisher: City Owl Press
Published: 2020-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

19

I woke not long after and found myself in bed next to an enormous black and silver wolf.

The wolf raised his head and looked at me with bright golden eyes. I wondered if he’d been asleep and woken when I did, or if he’d watched over me while I slept.

“Hey, Sean,” I whispered.

The wolf nuzzled my hand, then did the same with my throat. I held still as the wolf’s nose brushed against my skin. I probably should have been scared to have a wolf’s teeth that close to my jugular, but I wasn’t. I knew I had nothing to fear from Sean, either in human or wolf form.

I noticed a chain around the wolf’s neck. From it dangled a small stone carved in the shape of a wolf’s head. I held the stone in my hand. It was warm and somehow comforting.

Something moved at the foot of the bed. A large black-and-white Husky mix dog repositioned himself against my feet. “Hi, Rogue,” I said with a smile.

He made a quiet chuffing sound and wiggled until his back was against my shins, clearly happy to be near me. He was asleep again almost instantly.

I looked back at the wolf. For some reason, I thought he seemed concerned. “I’m all right,” I told the wolf, my voice soft. “Go to sleep.”

He laid his head down, but he didn’t close his eyes. You first, his expression said.

It was very warm under the covers, with a wolf beside me and a large dog curled up against my legs. I stuck one of my feet out from under the bedding so I’d be a little cooler, settled in, and closed my eyes.

*

I ran like a pack of hellhounds were on my heels.

The labyrinth was endless. The walls were made of razor wire that cut my flesh if I got too close. The blades of grass were actual blades and they sliced the bottoms of my feet. I was naked and bloody from head to foot, but I ran faster.

I tripped and fell. Behind me, someone laughed and clapped. “Run, little wolf,” a man said, his heavily accented voice full of merriment. “Run, run, run! All paths lead back to me.”

I scrambled to my feet and found myself at the end of the labyrinth and the edge of a vast field. In the distance, I saw a fence and a huge, gnarled old tree. Beyond it stretched a road that gleamed like pure silver. I had to make it to that road.

I ran on and on, but the field grew before my eyes and the tree kept getting farther away. Desperate, I tried to fly, but I fell again and again, rolling and bouncing along the ground as the sharp grass cut me to the bone.

The man’s laugh hurt my ears. He was singing to me now, his voice in my ear as if he was beside me. “Run, run, run, little wolf. Keep running and you’ll run back to me.”

I found a little stick on the ground and got back to my feet, brandishing my makeshift weapon.

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