Excerpt: Chimera

I staggered back against the brick wall as the cemetery tilted on its side in front of me. Minutes passed before I realized the cemetery hadn’t tilted, but I had. I lay on my back, my head pounding. My Elementals were gone. When I opened my eyes, the wolf stared down at me

Sweet—Lady!

With what little reserves were left, I scrambled out from under the animal and pressed my back against the bricks. There was just enough light from the city for me to see it sitting in front of me, its head turned to the right, ears pitched forward as if it were listening. Then it looked back at me and whined before it went down into a relaxed sit, front paws out.

“Nice….wolfy?” I said and then cleared my throat. Instinctively I called up the dex because it wasn’t a weird coincidence a huge wolf appeared in a cemetery at night in Macon, Georgia. This beautiful beast was as misplaced as the monster I’d just banished. It’s here because it was summoned or… 

What the—

The wolf registered as….familiar. When had I put that description in the parameters of the spell? Did it mean it was really a wolf and because I’m familiar with a wolf that it was…familiar? Or was that a description of what it was? A Familiar. I’d never had one of those before. In fact, I only knew ten Witches lucky enough to be chosen by one. 

Either way, it didn’t look like it was going to eat me. At least, not yet. 

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