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It wouldn’t surprise me if the crow sat on the front awning as an alarm system for Deidamia.
But what awaited me was much worse.
At first, I thought the darkness was playing tricks on me. Shadows were moving out of the corners of my eyes.
Then the moonlight hit him.
A monster of a wolf.
His silhouette was frightening since I was knee-deep in a bayou that was determined to drown me.
Red-rimmed eyes stared back at me.
It looked like he sat on dry land, which was where I needed to be if I wanted to fight this monster.
Not that I wanted to fight him.
He was twice the size of an average wolf and didn’t look afraid of a fight.
It wasn’t until he chuckled that I knew he was Deidamia’s pet.
“You’re the savior here for the girl?” he asked, but I didn’t see his mouth move. “Cute.”
I held in my groan of frustration as I attempted to take another step. “You’re Deidamia’s pet. Normally, I like cute ones, but to each their own.”
He didn’t budge or move.
Even when I grew closer, he seemed at ease.
It was either a strategy to throw me off or he was not worried about me making it to the castle.
Something about his eyes told me he hadn’t always been this way.
“You look smarter than an average wolf,” I said, picking up my thigh and swinging it forward. “Have you always been stuck in a wolf’s body, or did the demon put you in there?”
His demeanor became stiff.
Ah, I have struck a nerve.
“Her lover? Did she trick you into sleeping with her? I’m dying to know what’s under that robe myself. For scientific reasons, of course. Those horns throw me off everything—”
“Stop it,” he hissed.
Reaching forward, I grabbed the edge of the ground and pulled myself onto the land.
Exhaustion waved through me.
This wasn’t going to be an even fight, I knew that, but I had to pull some strength out of the air if I wanted to walk into that castle with any chance of saving her.
And I did.
My body urged me forward. This was an invisible force linking me with her. I couldn’t explain it. I’d never met her. Though, it was there, and it was slowly wrecking me that it took me so long to get here.
Deidamia could be hurting her.
I didn’t know her plan. Guessing it would drive me crazy.
“You’re overthinking things,” the wolf said.
