I'm shaken awake from a dreamless sleep. Groggily, I start to groan but a finger is pressed to my lips. Immediately, I'm awake and alert, ready to run at a moments notice. I look up at Morian, who gestures toward... Something black furred.... That's when I realize that it's a wolf. I look up, fear racing through me. Morian smiles slightly, which confuses me until he rests his hand on the wolfs head, scratching it behind the ears. That really confused me. Why would there be a wolf here, keeping us from the wind and the cold? I relax a little, knowing that Morian Trusts it, I'm still very wary. This isn't normal.
Morian Stands up and reaches down to help me up. I take his hand and allow him to lift me up, standing a little closer to him than to the wolf as it stands, stretches and yawns. It then pads over to stand on the other side of Morian. Suddenly, a white wolf appears out of the trees. I freeze, feeling Morian crouch. The White wolf pads up to me, stopping about 5 feet in front of me.
"Lyza," Morian says quietly, "Do not scream, Just extend your hand"Is he crazy? Why in the world would I extend my hand to a wolf that could bite it off? still, It hasn't attacked me yet, and the black wolf Is peculiar as well... So I slowly extend my hand, trying to will my hand to stop shaking, to no avail. The wolf pads up to me and sniffs my hand. Then, with a surprising look of gentleness, It opens it's mouth and closes it around my hand. I bite back a yelp as I feel it's teeth puncture my skin, trying not to startle it into biting harder. That's when words began flowing into my mind, as if someone was speaking just over my shoulder."Lyza, I am Ismae. From the beginning of this world I have been a guardian to the women who have changed the future. I stood by the side of Eve, the mother of all. I have fought the shadows for Mary, The Mother of the Son. You, Leiza, Also have a role to play, and you must survive to fulfill it."The wolf, I mean, Ismae took her mouth from my hand. I look at the teeth marks in my skin, which Immediately healed and left little white scars."I will always know where you are now, and you can communicate with me through your thoughts" Ismea finishesI nod and think "Thank you...""What's her name?" Morian asks, startling me a littleI turn to him, still looking at my hand, still in wonder at what just happened in the last couple minutes. "Ismae, She says that was with the mother of all. She also says we have a big role to play."
