Episode 72

He turned to look at me briefly and looked back forward. "It was not the eel that alerted me to the presence of dark magic, although it prompted me to find out." He started. "I got chills when I saw it circling around in the water shortly before it disappeared. I knew something wasn't right and when I looked at the nearest tree by us I noticed a carving in it. It had been freshly made, some sort of hieroglyphic symbol, but I recognised it. I had seen it before. When I was little." The moment that was our of his mouth I began to sit up.

I knew so little about his childhood, about him really, and I liked to hear him talk about some things.

"When you were little?"

He nodded.

"I'd been out with my father and some other wolves exploring 'the amazing terrain' as he called it. We eventually settled down for lunch and while the adults prepared the grill, I wandered off. I remember going so far that I nearly got lost. I came upon some cobblestones right in the middle of the forest, so naturall