Chapter 12

Eve screamed as the large, hairy form leaped from behind a car at Arec, knocking him to the ground. She scrabbled at the door handle until it opened and got out of the car, hurrying toward where Arec had last been.

She had just reached the other side of the car when an enormous wolf-like creature stood on two legs, holding the wolf in its muscular arms. The wolf struggled, trying to bite the arms holding him.

Eve opened her mouth to scream, but nothing came out. She stepped backward and ran into a parked car, stopping her from retreating further.

She watched as the creature wrestled with the wolf. It picked the wolf up and threw it over the tops of the cars into the field next to the parking lot. It leaped over the car roofs as it followed after the wolf.

Eve could see the two figures circling one another in the darkness beyond the lot and moved closer, drawn by some invisible force.

She crouched behind one of the cars and stared at the figures.

The wolf jumped toward the