CHAPTER THIRTEEN
There is light, somewhere.
Reason flooded back and I rushed to get Max out. We made our way outside of the prison and found him a hiding-place in the ditch, ensuring he was out of view in case someone went looking.
I hurried back inside to help Mr. Grey. My sand wouldn’t hurt him, so without aiming too carefully, I threw ball after ball of light at the creature that wanted to sink its teeth into my Anitule.
It didn’t matter whether Shadow Hounds were harmless; the blasted thing was trying to kill the only friend I trusted.
Chas, enough! Mr. Grey yelled. He is a heap of sand.
I stopped. My cat was back to his original size, but he was limping, one paw in the air as he hopped on the other three.
I scooped him up and sprinted out of the building and back to Max, the si
