Rodrick looked up at the Giant wolf that descended from the skies with a joyful smile. A sparkle hid behind his eyes as he slowly got up from the spot where they had been hiding.
Soon, Colyn did the same after recognizing the presence of their savior as they both awaited the onyx-furred beast.
They felt a mix of complicated emotions on seeing it as part of them thanked it eternally for saving their lives, and another part feared it for its unknown origin.
They had been betrayed and abandoned on the same day, and it was difficult to trust others at the moment, not less of themselves. But as they witnessed the ethereal beast approach them, those thoughts had been whisked away, and replaced by curiosity and gratefulness.
Rodrick smiled as his memories began to replay the series of events that occurred right after the Mountain Drop.
