“Everything is part of the plan. Though I don’t understand how it works.”
The Anarchy Wolf slams into the wall beside us then bounces back again, slamming into the Ravage Wolf.
“How do we stop them fighting long enough to actually deal with this?” I ask with a little bit of sarcasm.
“Not sure, the answer will come to us.”
I shake my head, a little in awe of his attitude but a little terrified, too. Fur is flying, but so are red droplets of blood.
Kendric shouts and yanks me down as the Ravage Wolf goes flying over our heads.
The Anarchy Wolf sails after him, landing heavily, panting, with foam around his muzzle. The wild scent of him that normally comforts me has me slightly panicked.
“They are so much bigger than I thought they’d be,” he murmurs.
We’re on a narrow street, and it’s fairly dark now. The two black wolves are just shadows or demons tearing the world apart.
“What happened to the goddess?” Kendric asks. “Where is she? We need to kill her somehow.”
“Her body collapsed. She’s dead,” I say flatly, watching Cadel with an uneasy feeling. This is all part of some big plan?
Kendric pauses and turns, putting his hands on my shoulders, forcing me to look at him. “I need you to remember everything very clearly. What happened just before? A seizure? Did she hit her head? Get run through with a sword?”
I shake my head, frustrated because I don’t care. “No, she rang a bell, and the Ravage Wolf trotted over to her. Touched her face, and then went back to fighting, she dropped right after.”
“After like a couple of seconds, or at the same time the wolf was turning away?” Kendric hisses.
“Same time.”
“Oh, this evil bitch. She circumvented his will. Come on!” He growls. “This goddess is rotten to the core of her hideous soul,” he snarls.
“What’s wrong?” I say with a bite of anger, I’m getting frustrated with him dragging me around.
“It’s ingenious, really.” Kendric swipes a hand across his forehead. “Okay, we can do this.”
“You need to use your words, Kendric.”
He turns a pale face towards me, his chin trembles.
“She’s in the body of the Ravage Wolf and Walker. But we won’t be able to get to Walker or her until we get the Ravage Wolf out.”
Kendric goes still, staring into space. My mind is flipping over.
“How do we get the wolf out?”
He doesn’t answer me; his gaze is distant and distracted. “Oh, that’s diabolical, oldlady. I see your plan.”
“What is?” I’m tired and getting grumpy and short. My chest aches where the bonds have been severed, and I don’t understand half of what he’s talking about.
“I know why I’m here,” Kendric whispers. “I understand it.”
“You do?”
He nods and gives me a smile that doesn’t reassure me at all.
“I think we could have been friends if we’d have had a chance,” Kendric murmurs. “I think we could have been good friends.”
He stands up straight and grabs my shoulder, squeezing me hard, forcing me to look at him.
