Chapter 13She peered out through the bushes hiding the cave’s opening. There was nothing to either side but more cliffs, and a sheer drop to the sea on her right. There didn’t seem to be any way out. And if she could get down off the cliff, she would never be able to get past the rocks by the sea without his help.
The realisation that she feared disembodied tentacles more than a part-bear, part-wolf beast made it easier to turn and face him when she heard his snuffling behind her.
He advanced on all fours, but held one paw off the ground, as if it pained him to set it down. Crouched under the cave’s low roof, he looked small for a moment, curled in on himself, like an animal that thinks it’s hidden as long as its head is under cover. He had rescued her; she owed him a favour.
“Come into
