The Feral Child (2014)
“She clamped her teeth against the painful spasms in her body and closed her eyes. I’ll try to sleep, she thought. I’ll deal with all this when I feel a bit better.
Sharp little hands dug into her sodden clothes and yanked her to her feet. Fionn was there, struggling with the zip on Maddy’s coat and crying, bright green tears glistening down her face.
“My fault, my fault,” she sobbed. “The air was getting warmer, but I was scared, so scared, and my tree was calling me. I went away, and when I ca...me back, it was too late! Fenris saved you instead, good Fenris!”
Relief pricked sharp through the fog of tiredness that cocooned Maddy’s brain. The wolves had been helping. She was not about to be dinner.
“Who’s Fenris?” mumbled Maddy, as Fionn yanked her stiffening jumper and T-shirt over her head. The black wolf looked at her disdainfully. “Oh. Right. Why are you taking my clothes, Fionn?”
The dryad yanked Maddy’s jeans around her ankles and pulled Maddy forward into an awkward hop.MoreLess
Sharp little hands dug into her sodden clothes and yanked her to her feet. Fionn was there, struggling with the zip on Maddy’s coat and crying, bright green tears glistening down her face.
“My fault, my fault,” she sobbed. “The air was getting warmer, but I was scared, so scared, and my tree was calling me. I went away, and when I ca...me back, it was too late! Fenris saved you instead, good Fenris!”
Relief pricked sharp through the fog of tiredness that cocooned Maddy’s brain. The wolves had been helping. She was not about to be dinner.
“Who’s Fenris?” mumbled Maddy, as Fionn yanked her stiffening jumper and T-shirt over her head. The black wolf looked at her disdainfully. “Oh. Right. Why are you taking my clothes, Fionn?”
The dryad yanked Maddy’s jeans around her ankles and pulled Maddy forward into an awkward hop.MoreLess
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